A 17-year-old woman is assisting police with their enquiries following an incident at a house at Cotlew Street at Southport overnight, Queensland Police say.
Around 9.30pm last night an emergency situation under the Public Safety Preservation Act was declared after police received a report of a 61-year-old woman being held inside the house by another woman armed with a knife.
Police attempted to negotiate with the woman throughout the night while closely monitoring the situation.
Around 4am specialist police entered the house and detained the woman without incident.
The 61-year-old woman was taken to hospital for treatment to minor injuries.
The emergency situation was revoked around 4.50am.
Investigations are continuing.
Anyone with information which could assist with this matter should contact Crime Stoppers anonymously.
