Pictured: Horrific injury suffered by girl, 16, who was 'slashed from chin to ear' by man when she tried to stop him 'stabbing her 17-year-old boyfriend' in a shopping centre
- The alleged incident occurred at Kawana Shoppingworld on the Sunshine Coast
- The 16-year-old girl intervened in fight between her boyfriend and 18-year-old
- She was slashed across the face with by the 18-year-old who then ran away
- She was rushed to hospital where she underwent surgery for the 11cm wound
- Her boyfriend has since taken to social media giving his version of the events
A young girl has suffered an 11cm laceration to her face after she was slashed with a knife while trying to stop an alleged fight between her boyfriend and another teenager.
The alleged incident occurred at Kawana Shoppingworld on Queensland's Sunshine Coast about 4pm on Monday when an argument between an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old got physical.
The 16-year-old girl was stabbed in the face when she attempted to intervene.
She was rushed to hospital for surgery for the horrific one-centimetre-deep wound which was 11cm long and could need plastic surgery.
The wound was described by police as a 'significant laceration from her chin to ear'.
The alleged incident occurred at Kawana Shoppingworld (pictured) on Queensland's Sunshine Coast about 4pm on Monday when an argument between an 18-year-old and a 17-year-old got physical
The girl suffered a one-centimetre-deep, 11cm long wound her face when she was slashed
'It was a gruesome injury,' Detective Sergeant Chris Eaton told media.
'The injury, we believe, is 10-11 centimetres in length and one centimetre or so in depth.
'She will be required to undergo surgery and most likely plastic surgery to have that wound attended to.'
The 18-year-old boy who allegedly stabbed her ran away while the 17-year-old teenager was not injured.
Police arrived shortly after and established a crime scene.
They believe the altercation started online before it escalated.
'What we believe was that there was an argument that occurred over social media and that argument has spilled over into a physical altercation,' police said.
Police established a crime scene and are on the lookout for the alleged attacker (paramedics are pictured outside the shopping centre)
The 17-year-old has since taken to Snapchat to give his version of events following his girlfriend's horrific stabbing.
'He (the man) walked up to me, pulled that type of knife out. I seen (sic) it and stood my ground, he got close and started trying to stab me,' the boy wrote, according to The Courier Mail.
'I was pumping him then my gf tried to break it up and he did that to her. Then this guy broke it up while I had him by his jumper not letting him go uppercutting him.
'Then he finally got out of his jumped (sic) and ran off. I couldn't do s*** because the guy who broke it up had a hold of me.'
He claims police told him that he was lucky his nose wasn't cut during the altercation as the other man 'swung it [the knife] at my nose and missed'.
He took to social media a second time expressing his love for his girlfriend and said he will 'always be by her side'.
Police are urging the alleged attacker to come forward, saying there is 'nothing to be gained' from hiding.
Anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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