A group of armed men dressed in Halloween costumes who threatened a family during a terrifying home invasion overnight are believed to have targeted the wrong house.
The men pretended they were trick or treating before barging into the Sydney home and tying up two sisters, aged 15 and 18, and their elderly grandparents, the teenagers’ older sister Helen Nguyen told 9News.
Armed with a gun and a metal pole, the men knocked on the door of the Belmore house in the city’s west about 10pm on Tuesday.
A group of armed men dressed in Halloween costumes who threatened a family during a terrifying home invasion overnight are believed to have targeted the wrong Sydney house (pictured)
The men pretended they were trick or treating before barging into the Belmore home and tying up two sisters, aged 15 and 18, and their elderly grandparents, the teenagers’ older sister Helen Nguyen (pictured) said
Armed with a gun and a metal pole, the men knocked on the door of the Belmore house in the city’s west about 10pm on Tuesday
Ms Nguyen, 23, said the group first yelled ‘trick or treat’ but were told to leave.
They returned 30 minutes later and barged in when one of the teens answered the door.
Ms Nguyen said her grandparents, who are in their 70s and don’t speak English, awoke to find weapons being pointed at their face.
The family members were tied up with television cables before the gang ransacked the home looking for drugs and money, before realising they had the wrong home, Ms Nguyen said.
‘They were after a Buddhist family apparently,’ she told 9News.
‘After they noticed that we were Christian they were arguing to themselves like, ‘Oh hey we have the wrong house, what the f—k, are we being set up?’
‘They kind of apologised to my sister like “oh sorry we got the wrong house”.’
The men returned 30 minutes later and barged in when one of the teens answered the door
The family members were tied up with television cables before the gang ransacked the home looking for drugs and money, before realising they had the wrong home
Ms Nguyen said she believes her family were initially targeted on Saturday night.
The home’s electricity suddenly turned off, but when a member of the family went outside to check it four men charged toward them, she said.
They were scared off when the family started to scream.
The thieves stole property and escaped before the family released themselves and called authorities, police said.
A neighbour who lives across the road told the Seven Network he saw one of the masked men fleeing in a car.
‘It’s a very quiet street, so this is really surprising that something like this would happen,’ Daniel Andreini said on Wednesday.
‘My heart goes out to the family, it is disappointing to see something like this occur.’
A neighbour who lives across the road told the Seven Network he saw one of the masked men fleeing in a car (not pictured)
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