<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A South-East Queensland family has been left feeling unsafe all over again, months after being confronted by an alleged armed intruder.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>After moving house, to escape the trauma, their new home was broken into this morning and ransacked while they slept.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It wasn't even a year ago the young family fell victim to a terrifying alleged South Ripley home invasion.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/thousands-of-kiama-voters-head-to-the-polls-for-nsw-byelection/7e973b9f-a54a-4d06-b947-4f2ba07df88b"><strong><span>Labor claims victory in Kiama by-election to fill seat of disgraced former MP</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They came in and held a gun to my head in front of my 9-year-old son," the female occupant, who didn't want to be identified, told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's totally shaken up our lives."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They were left so shaken, they had just move more than 30 kilometres away, to Drewvale.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/queensland-crime-family-break-in-after-moving-first-home-invasion/a3b5d6e3-298f-4f7f-ae9b-e46cfdc389ed" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But after only a month in their new home, they're already replacing doors and locks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We thought we were better off here but it looks like it happens anywhere," a man, who didn't want to be identified, told 9News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/videos/national/victorian-opposition-promise-fresh-approach-to-crackdown-on-knives/cmfhzs1db00120hn5vcjkawk4"><strong><span>Victorian opposition promise fresh approach to crackdown on knives</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The woman added that it felt "like nowhere is safe".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>CCTV captured a group of offenders moving in and out of their garage and backyard, early this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Keys were taken while the family slept, along with handbags and a wallet which was on a bench right next to where one resident says he was sleeping on the couch.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>One offender was later seen returning to the street for a motorbike, they'd been unable to get started.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's such a brazen, disgusting act," the woman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The couple's children are so shaken by the violation, they've now gone to stay with their grandparents.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"My son actually has PTSD," the woman claimed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's just sad because he was just starting to feel better. It breaks my heart, it absolutely breaks my heart."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The same car was spotted on other nearby home security cameras, where residents believe the same group of offenders were behind a number of attempted break-ins but police say there's nothing to indicate it's linked to any other incidents.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We won't be sleeping tonight because we'll be afraid they're gonna come back," the woman said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"All you want is for your child to feel safe."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Investigations are underway.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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