Wounding, Kuttabul
Police are investigating after a man and a woman were wounded at a Kuttabul home early this morning.
Around 12.15am the man was confronted in the back yard of the Sorensens Road residence by a man armed with a knife and was stabbed once in the torso.
The armed man entered the house and stabbed the woman twice in the torso causing her to drop an infant she was holding.
A teenage boy in the residence has confronted the intruder causing him to run off.
A 23-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman and a male infant, all from the Mackay area, were taken to the Mackay Base Hospital for treatment. The infant is believed to have received minor injuries.
Investigations are continuing with a crime scene established.
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