A 21-year-old woman has been placed in an induced coma at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital after being found unconscious, suffering from serious burns, in a townhouse in the riverside suburb of Bulimba on Sunday morning.
Emergency services were called to the northeast Brissy home at about 10.30am on Sunday morning by a man police described as “frantic” requesting urgent medical help for the woman.
She was found unconscious on a bed with “horrific and serious and possibly life-threatening” injuries, according to Police Inspector Dan Bragg:
“The female had sustained significant injuries to the whole of her body. She was immediately rushed to hospital by ambulance and is currently in a critical condition.
“Her injuries were from head-to-toe on the front of her body.”
Queensland Police currently have no suspects, and are looking to talk to friends and associates of the woman, including her boyfriend. They’ve also asked for the anonymous caller to come forward. Bragg said:
“The matter is under investigation and there are still a lot of questions that need to be answered in relation to this, and police are treating it as suspicious.“The exact nature of the injuries and how those injuries occurred, is yet to be established.”
Police have ascertained that the Bulimba townhouse where she was found is not her home.
A neighbour, Paul, said that on Sunday he heard nothing coming from the flat, believed to be rented by a man in his 30s, until the ambulance arrived: “Quiet neighbours — never had any trouble.
“Nothing untoward at all.”
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