Detectives investigating an alleged violent assault in South Gladstone yesterday afternoon have charged a 17-year-old boy and a 15-year-old boy over the incident, Queensland Police say.
It is alleged at about 5.30pm, a group of boys and girls aged in their teens were walking along Auckland Street when they engaged in a verbal altercation with a man inside a property at that location.
It is further alleged a number of persons from the group entered the yard and assaulted the man, kicking him to the ground and hitting his arm with a bat prior to fleeing the scene on foot.
As a result of investigations, police located and arrested two boys and a girl outside an address in Off Lane.
A 17-year-old Barney Point boy and a 15-year-old South Gladstone boy have been charged with one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and public nuisance.
Investigations are continuing.
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