A 33-year-old Queensland man has been charged with murder after a German tourist was fatally stabbed during an apparent road rage incident in Brisbane.
Queensland Police say the backpacker and a male friend were attempting to cross Milton Road about 4am on Friday when they became involved in a ‘verbal altercation’ with a man and woman in a small car.
It is alleged the 33-year-old man, from Lockrose west of Brisbane, got out of the car and stabbed the German tourist in the abdomen and back.
A 33-year-old Queensland man has been charged with murder after a German tourist (pictured) was fatally stabbed during an apparent road rage incident in Brisbane
Queensland Police say the backpacker (pictured) and a male friend were attempting to cross Milton Road about 4am on Friday when they became involved in a ‘verbal altercation’ with a man and woman in a small car
The 30-year-old victim – who’d been in Queensland ‘for some time’ – died four hours later in hospital.
Detectives say the two pedestrians were staying at a nearby backpackers and were likely returning to the hostel when the attack happened.
The alleged murderer was arrested on Saturday morning, Queensland Police said in a statement. CCTV footage has been crucial in the investigation.
The Lockrose man is due to appear in Brisbane Magistrates Court on Monday.
Detectives say the two pedestrians were staying at a nearby backpackers and were likely returning to the hostel when the attack happened (pictured is a man at the scene)
Officers found a male pedestrian in Brisbane early on Friday morning (pictured is the intersection)
Officers found the 30-year-old German backpacker with wounds to his abdomen and back.
The man was rushed to Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital where despite the best efforts of medical staff, he died from his wounds.
Efforts are being made by police to contact his next of kin.
Footage from the crime scene appears to show an oxygen mask used to perform CPR (pictured is the scene of the crime)
‘Today is a tragedy,’ he said. ‘There is a family on the other side of the world who will be getting news that someone that they loved left home and is not coming home in the way they expected them to.’
Queensland Ambulance medical director Dr Stephen Rashford said up to ten staff members had tried to resuscitate the man in the early hours of the morning and been successful before he was moved to hospital.
Footage from the crime scene appears to show an oxygen mask used to perform CPR.
Queensland Ambulance medical director Dr Stephen Rashford said up to ten staff members had tried to resuscitate the man (pictured is the scene of the incident)
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