Attempted armed robbery, Broadbeach
Police are investigating an attempted armed robbery of a 28-year-old woman at Broadbeach yesterday morning.
At around 1.00am, a man, armed with a pistol, approached the woman from behind whilst she was with two other women at the intersection of Chelsea Avenue and Surf Parade.
He attempted to pull the woman’s handbag from her shoulder and a struggle took place. The man struck her face with the butt of the pistol.
A second man approached, apparently known to the first man, however, the two other women flagged down a passing taxi and the two men fled on foot.
No property was taken.
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