Couple slashed with knife: Police

SEVEN people have been charged after a violent assault and robbery at Broadbeach during which a couple was slashed with a knife, police allege.

Police on Saturday night charged five men and two youths over the alleged attack they say happened on January 8 on Broadbeach Blvd.

The five men, all aged 18 and from Victoria, and the youths, 17, were all charged with one count each of assault occasioning bodily harm and stealing.

Police will allege three men approached a man and woman sitting on a bench and a brief altercation followed.

Another, more violent, confrontation is alleged to have occurred soon after when a group of seven males approached the couple knife was produced.

During the incident, police said, the woman received cuts to her foot while the man was treated for a laceration to his hands.

Police will allege the woman’s handbag was stolen by the group, who fled the scene on foot.

The five men are all due to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on March 11. and a