Man slashed with machete for car keys: cops
A man has been rushed to hospital after he was allegedly threatened and slashed with a machete by two men who demanded he hand over his car keys.
The man, 48, was in his vehicle on Audrey St in Camp Hill about 6am when the knife men, allegedly wielding knives, approached him.
The vehicle owner refused to hand over his keys and he was allegedly assaulted by the offenders, suffering lacerations to his arm and chest.
The offenders did not take the man's vehicle, but fled the scene in a stolen Kia Sorrento that was found abandoned nearby.
The Kia had ben stolen from Kangaroo Point overnight.
The injured man was rushed to Princess Alexandra Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Police have asked anyone with dashcam or CCTV to contact police as investigations continue.
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