Attempted murder charge, Brisbane

Police have charged a 44-year-old Brisbane man with attempted murder and torture following investigations into a disturbance at home on Brisbane’s southside yesterday morning.

Police were called to an address following reports of a disturbance involving a man and a pre-teenage boy.

The man is due to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today.

The boy was not seriously injured and the man and the boy are known to each other.

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