Chilling moment three masked thugs with a metal pipe, a baseball bat and a SWORD ransack a house in an Adelaide suburb, caught on camera
Chilling footage has captured the moment housemates were allegedly held hostage and robbed by three men armed with a sword, baseball bat and a metal pipe.
The incident happened at a home in Adelaide on Sunday.
One of the residents said he felt like a hostage as the trio ransacked the house and made off with a credit card and car keys.
“They said, ‘I will hurt you, I will hit you, I will kill you’ and all that,” one resident told reporters.
“I thought they were killing me… it’s a hostage situation because you can’t do anything, there’s a sword, there’s a club.”
The burglars broke into the house in the northeast, in the suburb of Lightsview, early on Sunday.
A security camera in the living room captured the armed intruders marching the housemates upstairs, demanding gold and other valuables.
The men were all dressed from head to toe in black and navy blue outfits, including balaclavas and gloves. One of them wore a white hat, another had his hood pulled up and the third wore a black cap.
The stylized sword and one of the burglars can be seen here
The intruders marched the housemates upstairs
The sword that a burglar wielded was about 50 to 60 cm long and had a stylized handle.
After searching the rooms, the burglars notice that a security camera has filmed them and disable the device.
The ordeal lasted about 30 minutes before the burglars fled through the back door they had originally broken through.
Police say the investigation is ongoing.
