Gold Coast neighbourhood dispute over a dead cat boils over into bloodied bashing

A man has undergone emergency surgery and two others have been seriously injured in a neighbourhood fight, with the wife of one participant revealing the alleged cause of the incident.

The wife of a man who suffered stab wounds in a violent Gold Coast neighbourhood fight overnight claims the wild incident followed a running feud relating to pets.

Police were called to a home in a northern Gold Coast neighbourhood just after 11pm on Saturday, quickly declaring a crime scene.

Three men, all believed to be involved in the fracas, are receiving treatment at Gold Coast University Hospital.

The bloodied scene where the neighbourhood fight came to an ended on Sunday. Picture: Charlton Hart

Bloodied and brutal bashing left neighbours hospitalised with serious injuries. Picture: Charlton Hart

It is unclear what role each played in the incident. One of the men, in his 50s underwent emergency surgery on Sunday afternoon for a stab wound to his chest and a collapsed lung.

A second man in his 60s has stab wounds to his back, while a third person is being treated for serious head injuries after he was allegedly struck with a baseball bat.

The neighbours allegedly were shouting over the fence before spilling into a backyard according to a witness. Picture: Charlton Hart

The wife of the man who underwent emergency surgery told the Bulletin that tensions in the neighbourhood had been simmering for a number of weeks.

“Our dog apparently clambered their cat in our backyard. Then all of a sudden they’re blaming (the) dog for killing the cat,” she said, referring to the dispute between neighbours.

“Its just gone stupid … so it has just got out of hand,” she said of the dispute, but she was not present for the fracas.

Another neighbour was woken by the two sides shouting over the fence, before the argument spilt over into one of the backyards.

“There was a lot of banging and crashing for a few minutes” they said.

“I didn’t think much of it and then with all of the flashing lights I came out and saw a pile of clothes in the corner of the front yard and one of them was yelling ‘you killed me cat’ or something like that”.

A large splatter on the wooden fence and pool of blood mark where the violent struggle came to an end.

On Sunday morning, detectives were still at the address door knocking residents and reviewing CCTV.

No one has been charged over the incident, a Queensland Police Service spokesman says investigations are ongoing.