Two teens arrested over violent attack on 75-year-old man outside busy shopping centre

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Two teens arrested over violent attack on 75-year-old man outside busy shopping centre
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Polair and police dogs tracked a stolen car and two teenagers hiding in bushes, charging them with assaulting an elderly man at a taxi rank in Toowoomba. The 75-year-old suffered critical head injuries.

Two teenagers have been charged over an alleged attack on an elderly man at a taxi rank in Toowoomba that has left him in a critical condition in hospital.Police tracked two teens hiding in bushes after a man was attacked outside a Toowoomba shopping centreThe teens led police on a chase in a stolen car

Police say the 75-year-old was waiting at a taxi rank outside Grand Central Shopping Centre on Margaret Street at about 5pm Monday when he was pushed to the ground from behind and had his backpack stolen.Polair and local police tracked a car, which they allege was stolen from Dalby last week.Police say two teenagers, aged 18 and 16, ran away and hid in nearby bushland but were quickly found by a dog squad and taken into custody.

The 18-year-old Wilsonton man was charged with one count each of grievous bodily harm, robbery using personal violence, unlawful use of a motor vehicle and enter dwelling and commit.A 16-year-old local boy was also denied police bail and is due to appear in the Toowoomba Children's Court on a charge of unlawful use of a motor vehicle.

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