Boxing Day tragedy as woman is brutally murdered during a late-night home invasion as she tried to fight off intruders on her front porch in one of Australia’s ‘nicest little streets’
- Woman, 41, has died after altercation with late night intruders north of Brisbane
- Four men were assisting with police with their inquiries on Tuesday morning
- Neighbours in the ‘nice little street’ in North Lakes shocked to hear the news
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A woman had died and a man has been injured following a struggle with two intruders who broke into their home.
Emergency services were called to the North Lakes home north of Brisbane on Monday night following reports of an altercation.
A man, 43, and woman, 41, inside the home at the time disturbed the intruders and a scuffle broke out on the front porch.
The woman was injured in the altercation and died at the scene, despite desperate attempts by paramedics to revive her.
The man suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Queensland Police told Daily Mail Australia on Tuesday four men are assisting with their inquiries. No arrests or charges have been laid.
Four men are assisting with police with their inquiries after a woman died during a violent home invasion on Monday night
One of the men assisting police with their inquiries was seen leaving a home dressed in a forensic suit escorted by officers early Tuesday morning.
Police have set up a crime scene and launched a homicide investigation.
Forensic officers spent the night at the cordoned-off home scouring for evidence and remained there early Tuesday morning.
The late night Boxing Day tragedy in what’s been described as a ‘nice little street’ has shocked neighbours.
‘This is incredible, I’ve never seen so many police cars,’ Leanne Bryce told Channel Nine.
‘This is really scary stuff. This is a little too close to home I think. I had no idea, no idea at all. so I think I’ll keep the dog nice and close over the next few days.’
Whitfield Crescent in North Lakes remained a crime scene on Tuesday morning
Ben O’Connor woke up late Monday night to find multiple police and ambulance vehicles in his street.
‘When I woke up and my wife got me up and there was a woman laying at the front of the lawn,’ he told the Courier Mail.
‘It’s just frightening, you read and hear about it on the news but you wouldn’t think it would happen a few doors down.’
Police urge anyone with information or footage to contact Crime Stoppers.
Forensic police spent the night at the property north of Brisbane scouring for evidence
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