Armed robbery, Aspley
Police are investigating the armed robbery of an elderly woman at Aspley this afternoon.
Around 12.15pm a man approached the woman who was seated in a vehicle at a shopping centre carpark at the corner of Gayford Street and Albany Creek Road.
The man produced a small knife and demanded the woman hand over her handbag. When the woman refused, the man pulled the woman from the vehicle taking her handbag and running from the scene on foot.
The woman received non-life-threatening injuries to her face and left arm and was transported to the Prince Charles Hospital for treatment.
A man is currently assisting detectives with their inquiries.
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