Update: attempted murder charge, Wacol
Detectives have charged a man with attempted murder following an alleged assault in Wacol this morning.
It will alleged at about 7.45am, police were called to Monterey Street following reports a man had rammed a woman’s car before chasing her with a machete.
Members of the public came to the woman’s aid by confronting the man with chair leg and a wheelie bin.
A 44-year-old woman received non-life-threatening injuries to her head and neck during the incident.
The man and woman were known to each other.
A 51-year-old man from Acacia Ridge has been charged with one count each of attempted murder, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, going armed so as to cause fear and common assault.
He is due to appear in Richlands Magistrates Court tomorrow, September 11.
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