- The suspects confronted a male nurse at a private hospital on the Gold Coast
- Suspects allegedly stuffed the victim into the boot of his own car on Friday
- The 25-year-old was then driven to an ATM and forced to withdraw cash
- He was forced back inside the boot and the car later crashed in Ashmore
Police are hunting three men after an abduction on the Gold Coast in the early hours of Friday morning.
A male nurse was standing outside Pindara Private Hospital in Benowa at around 3.30am on Friday when he was assaulted by a number of men wearing balaclavas and armed with knives and a handgun.
The 25-year-old was allegedly forced into the boot of his own vehicle and driven to an ATM at Parklands Drive at Parkwood.
The man confronted a male nurse at a hospital on Friday before forcing him into a car boot
He was forced to withdraw $500 in cash, Nine News reports.
The victim was then forced back into the boot his car – which the assailants reportedly tried to push down a hill, but it crashed into a fence in Ashmore at around 4.20am.
The attackers fled the scene and the victim was found in the boot by neighbours.
He was taken to hospital with injuries that aren’t life-threatening.
The male nurse was standing outside Pindara Private Hospital in Benowa at around 3.30am on Friday when he was assaulted
Queensland Police said officers were called to a crash at Ashmore Road, where a vehicle had rolled.
Officers found knives inside the car and located a man a short distance away in Mingaletta Drive.
He is assisting police with their investigation.
A Queensland Police spokesman told Daily Mail Australia that officers are still looking for the other occupants of the car.
‘Police are looking for two men after a traffic crash at Ashmore,’ he said.
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