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A father and son were threatened by two thugs armed with chisel and a gun while at a petrol station.
Shane Gundry, 55, and his 12-year-old son, Treye, had stopped at a gas station in Lockyer Valley, in south-east Queensland, when two men of Aboriginal appearance pulled out weapons and demanded he hand over his keys.
The man's terrified son was still in the car when the armed bandits forced their way into the vehicle, but was able to get out and join his father as the thieves sped away, Nine News reported.
It is believed the two man had driven to the service station in another stolen car before they made off with Mr Gundry's blue Ford Falcon with Queensland registration 813TYX.
One of the men was armed with the chisel while the other produced a gun from his pants which they used to threaten the father as he tried to pay for his petrol.
CCTV footage of the service station on Warrego Highway at Helidon shows the hooded thugs ambush Mr Gundry at the fuel bowser before he ran to the passenger door to free his young son.
'A car can be replaced, but I can't replace my son,' he told Nine News.
A shaken Mr Gundry called his daughter, Peggy, in tears after the harrowing ordeal, and she later posted an emotional plea on Facebook with a picture of her father's car in the hope someone may spot it.
The two men are described as Aboriginal in appearance, aged in their 20s and were wearing hooded sweatshirts.
They had also attempted to steal a woman's car at the same petrol station but she was able to run back into the store with her car keys and called the police.
Briony Summers said she refused to hand over her keys and watched as the father and son drove into the station and were robbed.
'I was defiant and wouldn't give them my car, or my keys, I rang the police and was on phone to them when Shane and son pulled up at the service station,' Ms Summers said.
'It all happened so quick and in a matter of minutes. Shane was shaken, broken, scared, but he held his composure for his son.'
Queensland Police say the thieves headed westbound on the Warrego Highway and warn anyone who sees the vehicle or men not to approach them but to contact police immediately.