Three teenagers on the run after abducting a young nurse

Three teenagers are on the run after abducting a young Gold Coast nurse at gunpoint and stuffing him into the boot of his own car.

Police are hunting for the group after they allegedly kidnapped Joe Brooker, 25, as he was walking to his car on Allchurch Street in Benowa about 3.30am on Friday.

Mr Brooker had finished work at Pindara Hospital when the four men, armed with a gun and a knife, demanded drugs.

 

Police are hunting for the trio of bandits who allegedly kidnapped Joe Brooker (pictured) 

The man confronted a male nurse at a hospital on Friday before forcing him into a car boot

The man confronted a male nurse at a hospital on Friday before forcing him into a car boot

The nurse was pushed into the back of his own car and taken to an ATM on Parklands Drive at Parkwood where the thugs demanded he withdraw $500.

He was then forced back into the boot before his attackers crashed the car into the fence of a house in nearby Ashmore and fled the scene at around 4.20am. 

The owner of the house said the nurse had wounds on his arms and had been abandoned inside the car while it was still moving.

‘A car rolled back into our fence, took our fence down and landed in our backyard. That’s when I got up,’ resident Samantha told 9 News.

‘I looked up and there was thing young man covered in blood. He just looked up at me, looking out the window, and said ”help me”.’

Mr Brooker (pictured) was forced back into the boot his car – which the assailants reportedly tried to push down a hill, but it crashed into a fence

Mr Brooker (pictured) was forced back into the boot his car – which the assailants reportedly tried to push down a hill, but it crashed into a fence

Another resident said he saw ‘a man sitting in the gutter with blood on his head and also on his spine’.

Mr Brocker’s mother said her son is now recovering after he was treated for minor stab wounds and grazes, however the family are all shocked.

A 16-year-old has been arrested, while the other offenders are still at large. 

Police believe the three other culprits are in their late teens or early 20s.

Anyone with any information is urged to contact CrimeStoppers.  

Mr Brooker was standing outside Pindara Private Hospital (pictured) in Benowa at around 3.30am on Friday when he was assaulted

Mr Brooker was standing outside Pindara Private Hospital (pictured) in Benowa at around 3.30am on Friday when he was assaulted

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