A woman has recalled the terrifying moment she was held at knifepoint while four armed men ransacked her Brisbane home.
Elena Parolin and her husband woke to a loud bang in their Rochedale South home about 5.20am on Monday.
Downstairs, they found a group of armed men wearing face coverings rifling through their belongings.
Mrs Parolin quickly jumped into action, shouting ‘get the hell out of my house’.
But the ordeal escalated, with one of the men demanding another ‘get the gun’ in chilling security footage obtained by the Courier Mail.
‘Shoot her, shoot her,’ another man urged.
Mrs Parolin started screaming as she ran back to her bedroom.
‘I just retreated quickly into my room,’ she told the publication. ‘I don’t have a lock on the door, so I just pushed my weight against the door.
Elena Parolin wasn’t sure if she would escape alive
A woman was held at knife point when four armed men ransacked her Brisbane home, breaking her finger while attempting to call the cops
‘They kept rummaging downstairs, eventually stormed upstairs, where the leader held a knife to my throat and said ‘Where’s your money?’
She told them she didn’t have any cash, which only made the men more agitated.
Mrs Parolin said she had been backed into the walk-in wardrobe, meaning she couldn’t see her husband, and he couldn’t see her.
‘I was trying to keep him at arm’s length because he had this knife at my throat and he just kept screaming at me,’ she said.
‘I thought they’ve got a gun, this is it, we’re done, we’re sitting ducks, we’ve got nowhere to get out.’
One of the men knocked her phone out of her hand when she threatened to call the police, breaking one of her fingers.
They then fled the scene.
In a shocking twist, Mrs Parolin revealed it was the second time in six months their home had been targeted by thieves.
The men held Elena Parolin at knife point and broke her finger
Queensland Police said investigations are ongoing.
Detectives believe a vehicle involved in the home invasion ‘may be involved in other property offences in greater South Brisbane’.
‘Investigators are appealing for anyone with relevant vision or information to contact police,’ they said.
