One man stays on the run after two individuals allegedly assaulting a person with a machete throughout an tried theft in Brisbane.
Police consider a 48-year-old was inside his automotive, on Audrey Avenue in Camp Hill, about 6am immediately when he was approached by the pair.
The 2 males were allegedly armed with a machete and threatened the person, demanding his keys.
After he refused handy over the keys, he was allegedly assaulted by the boys and suffered cuts to his arm and chest.
“I did not have the keys on me,” the sufferer, who did not need to be recognized, instructed 9News.
“After which very fortunate an electrician got here across the nook and mainly waved them down and as that was taking place, they lunged and minimize by way of my arm and chest.”
“Not superb in any respect, [it] must be stamped out in a short time.”
He was taken to Princess Alexandra Hospital with non-life-threatening accidents, the place he was handled and has since been launched.
They left empty handed from the sufferer’s dwelling, fleeing the scene in a Kia Sorrento earlier than emergency providers arrived.
The Kia had allegedly been stolen from a property in Kangaroo Level in a single day and was discovered deserted close by. Police confirmed the pair additionally stole two BMWs from a house simply across the nook from the sufferer’s.
One of many two males has since been arrested, a 21 yr outdated man at Redcliffe.
Investigations are ongoing, and police urge anybody with dashcam footage or CCTV to contact them.
