Police have launched a manhunt after Vyleen White, a 70-year-old grandmother, was stabbed in Ipswich, west of Brisbane yesterday evening.
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00:00 A community reeling in shock.
00:04 70-year-old Vylene White had just finished shopping at this centre in Red Bank Plains
00:12 when she was stabbed in the chest in front of her six-year-old granddaughter.
00:17 It's abhorrent, it's violent and it is a cowardly crime like I have not seen in my time as a detective.
00:24 A local doctor heard the young girl scream and rushed to the older woman's help.
00:29 I followed her there and I saw a lady in a pool of blood.
00:33 She wasn't responsive so I called triple zero.
00:37 Despite attempts at CPR, she died at the scene.
00:40 It's rocked the community.
00:42 I've got the twins here and my other son.
00:46 I'm feeling like it could easily happen to my kids as well as me and my family.
00:51 The Ipswich Mayor says it's the most violent thing she's seen in her time in office.
00:57 We really do need this particular person to be identified.
01:00 They need to be caught and they need to be locked up for the rest of their lives.
01:03 Mrs White's car was stolen and ditched half an hour later.
01:07 Police found it in nearby Springfield Lakes this morning.
01:11 CCTV shows four males leaving the car.
01:15 It doesn't matter where they are, we will locate these offenders, our offender, and we will hold them accountable.
01:19 Detectives believe only one of the men committed the attack.
01:23 Police say senior officers were taken aback by the level of violence in the attack.
01:28 They're reviewing the footage and interviewing witnesses hoping to track down the offender.
01:33 It is an abhorrent crime, a terribly violent crime.
01:37 How do we get to the point in Queensland where a visit to the shops can cost you your life?
01:41 Officers are urging anybody who witnessed the incident or who may have seen the car last night to contact them.
01:47 them.
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