Two men arrested after allegedly dousing man in accelerant and setting him on fire: police

Two men have been arrested and charged with attempted murder after they allegedly doused a man in accelerant and set him on fire.

Two Queensland men have been charged with attempted murder after allegedly setting another man on fire.

Police allege the two men – aged 41 and 43 – entered the 39-year-old victim’s house on Wilton Street in Woolloongabba on Monday.

It is further alleged the victim was doused with an accelerant and set on fire by the two men.

Both men are alleged to have fled the scene.

Paramedics rushed the alleged victim, who suffered significant burns to his head and body to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital.

Police allege that all three men were known to each other.

Two men have been charged with attempted murder after a 39-year-old man suffered significant burns at Woolloongabba on Monday, April 18.

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The 41-year-old and a 43-year old man were charged with attempted murder, enter dwelling with intent to commit an indictable offence and extortion charges.

Both men have been remanded in police custody.

They are set to face the Brisbane Magistrates Court on May 23.

Originally published as Two men arrested after allegedly dousing man in accelerant and setting him on fire: police