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Two Teens Charged After Keperra Woolworths Evacuated

Police confirm assault, property-damage charges pending children's court hearings.

Overview

  • Queensland Police arrested a 15-year-old and a 14-year-old after Friday's 3pm incident at the Keperra Woolworths, which led to an evacuation and a brief shopping centre lockdown.
  • Both teens face counts of entering a premises to commit willful damage and assault causing bodily harm, with the older girl charged with two common assaults and the younger with one.
  • The pair appeared in Brisbane Children's Court on Saturday, and the 15-year-old is due back in court on Wednesday.
  • The Keperra supermarket reopened today after an overnight cleanup that followed the disruption.
  • Social media video showed aisles strewn with goods, and witnesses reported a manager struck by a bottle and glass shattering near a heavily pregnant shopper.