Goodna security work Joe Graff has a daily battle with young troublemakers at his shopping center, where he tries to protect shoppers and storeowners from teens stealing and running amok “Some kids, if they see an easy target, they go for it,” he said.
“They have nothing better to do, and nothing to lose, so they go for it. They are trying to make a name for themselves to impress their peers and girls. It’s getting worse. We need to do something about it.”
Seven teens, linked to a gang called the jay jay’s, were arrested after a student at St Laurence’s College at South Brisbane was hit in the face with a meat cleaver and another stabbed.
On the Gold Coast, a child gang operating “like and pack of animals” attacked a young couple in a Coolangatta park. One gang member used a fence to give himself extra leverage to stomp on one of his helpless victims. The gang, whose members are as young as 11, celebrate with high-fives and disappeared into the night , leaving the couple bruised and bloodied.
Residents living next to the South Bank Parklands have witnessed late-night clashes involving more than 50 ethnic teens.
Youth gang attacks are frequent all over southeast Queensland- a 32-year-old Goodna man had his nose broken after being jumped by a group of teens , and another man was assaulted in a drive-by attack.
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“They have nothing better to do, and nothing to lose, so they go for it. They are trying to make a name for themselves to impress their peers and girls. It’s getting worse. We need to do something about it.”
Seven teens, linked to a gang called the jay jay’s, were arrested after a student at St Laurence’s College at South Brisbane was hit in the face with a meat cleaver and another stabbed.
On the Gold Coast, a child gang operating “like and pack of animals” attacked a young couple in a Coolangatta park. One gang member used a fence to give himself extra leverage to stomp on one of his helpless victims. The gang, whose members are as young as 11, celebrate with high-fives and disappeared into the night , leaving the couple bruised and bloodied.
Residents living next to the South Bank Parklands have witnessed late-night clashes involving more than 50 ethnic teens.
Youth gang attacks are frequent all over southeast Queensland- a 32-year-old Goodna man had his nose broken after being jumped by a group of teens , and another man was assaulted in a drive-by attack.
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