Naked and underweight teenagers found locked in room in Brisbane

Naked and underweight teenagers found locked in room in Brisbane

By Dhanjay Deo
Thursday 28/05/2020
Australian police at the Brisbane house where they found teenagers found locked in room. [image: NZ Herald]

Two teenagers are in hospital after being found naked and malnourished in a locked room in a house in Brisbane where a dead body was also discovered.

Police officers were responding to reports of the sudden death of a man and found the 49-year-old's body inside the house.

But while in the home, it's understood officers heard noises coming from a locked bedroom and found two men aged 17 and 19 inside.

They were living in squalid conditions, naked and underweight. According to Nine News, the pair suffer from intellectual disabilities.

Queensland's Minister for Child Safety Di Farmer described the incident as "horrific".

[Source: NZ Herald]

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