Teenager, grandfather beaten in violent home invasion

Sascha Wil­son

Se­nior Re­porter

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A 17-year-old boy and his el­der­ly grand­fa­ther were tied up and beat­en by masked ban­dits dur­ing a vi­o­lent home in­va­sion at their Pe­nal home ear­ly Mon­day morn­ing.

Po­lice said the teenag­er and his 63-year-old grand­fa­ther were at­tacked around 3 am at their home at Mo­ra Dam Road. The teenag­er was out­side the house when he was con­front­ed by five masked men, two of whom had firearms.

They struck the boy on the head and an­nounced a rob­bery be­fore forc­ing him in­to the house. He at­tempt­ed to lock the front door, but the sus­pects kicked it open and stormed in­side. They or­dered the vic­tims out of their home and forced them to lie the floor in the front shed, where their hands were tied with elec­tri­cal cords. The grand­fa­ther was beat­en dur­ing the or­deal.

They es­caped with the teenag­er’s cell­phone and his grand­fa­ther’s grey 15-horse­pow­er boat en­gine. Of­fi­cers from the South West­ern Di­vi­sion re­spond­ed, and Siparia po­lice are in­ves­ti­gat­ing. When Guardian Me­dia vis­it­ed the house yes­ter­day, no one ap­peared to be home.