Man 'on ice' allegedly stabbed his mother, strangled stepfather in Queensland home
Police believe a man who allegedly stabbed his mother as she tried to stop him strangling his stepfather inside the family's Queensland home was high on ice at the time of the attack.
The 21-year-old man allegedly stabbed his 44-year-old mum in the arm while he was armed with a kitchen knife during the domestic attack on Thursday.
Police say the man strangled his stepfather and pregnant girlfriend before the mother intervened at the Redbank Plains home.
The man, who is unlicenced and disqualified from driving, then fled the scene in a white sedan.
Plain-clothed police officers intercepted the man's vehicle around 12pm on Thursday and, fearing the man was still armed with the knife, drew their weapons in a dramatic arrest.
The man was pulled from the vehicle in only his underwear.
Earlier in the day, officers were called to a home on Aldinga Street around 11.40am, where two victims were found with neck injuries.
The 45-year-old man and a 44-year-old woman were allegedly strangled inside the home, with the female victim later transported to Ipswich General hospital.
The 21-year-old accused, from Brassall, was arrested and will remain in police custody on Thursday night.
He will appear in the Ipswich Magistrates Court on Friday on a string of charges including three counts of strangulation in a domestic relationship, two counts of assault occasioning bodily harm and one count each of common assault and unlawful use of a motor vehicle.
