Overview

• Officers allege a 17-year-old forced a 15-year-old into a car boot before a 20‑minute assault with a hammer and knife in New Chum.
• The 15-year-old remains in hospital in a stable condition, while a 14-year-old present was not physically injured.
• A crime scene was declared at a One Mile property on Old Toowoomba Road where the 17-year-old was arrested overnight.
• Charges include torture, deprivation of liberty, wounding, armed robbery, assault occasioning bodily harm, and possession of a drug utensil.
• The case is before the Ipswich Children's Court on Monday as police continue investigations and urge public information.