There are renewed calls for safer knife laws in Queensland after armed teenagers allegedly carried out two stabbing attacks in the state's south-east over the weekend.
The second attack, which occurred early yesterday, was just hours before the Jack Beasley Foundation's fourth-annual "Ride for Jack" was held in memory of a 17-year-old boy who was stabbed to death on the Gold Coast in 2019.
A 15-year-old boy was allegedly armed with a knife and a broken bottle just before 4am yesterday when he stabbed a 25-year-old backpacker in the back and wrist on Hastings Street in Noosa.
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The 25-year-old suffered non-life-threatening injuries and witnesses held the teen until police arrived.
The boy has since been charged with assault occasioning bodily harm.
The attack came after four youths confronted a pizza delivery driver on Friday night, leading to the driver being stabbed multiple times in the torso.
The youngest of the four, who have all been arrested, is aged 15.
Families who have been left heartbroken because of the knife crime crisis in Queensland say they want action immediately.
The parents of Jack Beasley, who was fatally stabbed in 2019, have said they want to see the sale of knives to teenagers banned.
"These big supermarket chains need to lock their knives away," Brett Beasley said.
The Beasley family headed a commemorative motorcycle ride in memory of their son in Helensvale yesterday.
They created the Jack Beasley Foundation to call for action to be taken about senseless violence occurring in Queensland.
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