Three women were allegedly assaulted and robbed in separate incidents on Brisbane’s southside today with police intercepting a stolen vehicle at Underwood around 12.20pm and arresting four teenagers, Queensland Police say.
Preliminary information indicates a woman had her handbag stolen when a female passenger jumped out of a white sedan and grabbed it. This incident occurred around 10.45am on Compton Road at Sunnybank Hills. The woman was not physically injured.
Approximately 10 minutes later a woman was assaulted and robbed at a bus stop on Algester Road, Algester when a male passenger of a white car jumped out and grabbed her handbag. The woman was pushed to the ground. She was not physically injured but distressed by the incident.
A short time later a woman- who had just got off a bus- was assaulted and robbed on Pinelands Road, Sunnybank in similar circumstances. She was injured and transported to hospital for treatment to non-life threatening injuries.
Four teenagers – two boys aged 17 and 15 and two girls aged 16 and 17- are currently assisting police with their investigations.
All three victims are believed to be aged in their 20s.
Police will allege the group were travelling around in a car stolen from Cannon Hill on Friday and also seen at a break and enter at Tarragindi later that day.
It will also be allege that a male teenager attempted to use a stolen credit card at an Underwood sporting store this afternoon.
There is no further information available at this time and police investigations are continuing.
Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.
