<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police believe a teenage boy who was stabbed at the door of a Gold Coast home last night may have been in debt to his attackers.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Two males went to a house on Batchworth Road, Molendinar, about 7.20pm (AEST) and asked for the 17-year-old Carrara boy by name.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>When he came to the door, there was a short conversation, before he was allegedy stabbed with a knife.</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><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-teacher-shot-by-student-wins-15-million-dollar-payout/3daff3e5-d72c-4b79-b99a-e30a49c47350" target="_blank"><strong><span>US teacher shot by six-year-old student wins $15 million payout</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The two offenders then fled the scene in a white Mercedes-Benz dual-cab ute.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Other people at the home at the time called triple zero and the boy was taken to hospital in a critical condition.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The ute was later found and seized by police at the Grand Hotel in Labrador, however the two offenders remain on the run.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/teenager-stabbed-molendinar-gold-coast-queensland-crime-news/94c11036-d84c-4e5a-af1a-dae2cb4bc3db" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do believe that the attack has been targeted, we don't believe there is any further threat to the public," Gold Coast Detective Inspector Mark Mooney said today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The offenders have approached the house and asked for the victim by name and we believe that the incident has occurred over some debt that is in existence between the two parties.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The reason for that debt is still to be determined."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The teen underwent surgery overnight and is recovering today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police hope to speak with him this afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mooney said the boy had been staying at the Molendinar address for a number of weeks but it was not his usual place of residence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Officers are also hoping to speak with the registered owner of the white ute, a 32-year-old Molendinar man, to determine his whereabouts at the time.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Mobile phone data is expected to play a part in the investigation.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are calling for anybody with relevant information, CCTV, or dashcam vision, to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or </span><a href="https://queenslandpolice.cmail19.com/t/j-l-ydxlrkt-drwukpij-u/" rel="" target="_blank" title="online"><span>online</span></a><span>.</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. Available on the</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple App Store</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>.</span></em></strong></div></div>