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Queensland family's home allegedly targetted by firebombs

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A Queensland mother says she is living in fear after firebombs were hurled at her property in the middle of the night.

The attack came just a day after a group of teenagers threatened to burn the woman's house down in the Gold Coast.

"I'm terrified for my life, and my parent's life, and my kid's life," Sarah Kelly said.

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A family has been left terrified after their home was allegedly targeted by teenagers with firebombs. Nine

Firefighters arrived at the scene quickly and extinguished the remaining flames from the firebombs.

Footage captured the moment that firebombs were hurled in the middle of a suburban street.

The first landed near a trailer, the second was seen hitting the middle of the road.

Sarah Kelly claimed she had been harassed by a group of youths before the firebombing.

She claimed they kicked her car door in.

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Family home allegedly targeted by firebombs

Sarah Kelly claimed she had been harassed by a group of youths before the firebombing. Nine

"They threatened to come back and burn my house down," Kelly said.

Police told 9News they were not investigating the case as arson but instead as an incident of "public nuisance".

She claimed her family has been harassed by the same group of teens for the past six months.

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"I'm so sick and tired of the police telling me they can't do anything," Kelly said.

"Next time it could be one of my family members that are seriously injured."

Police have not yet charged anyone over the incident.

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