The 87-year-old Mandurah man was in mattress asleep when he awoke to the intruders looking out via the rooms of his Dudley Park residence about 2am yesterday.
Upon investigating, the intruders struck the person to the again of his head, knocking him unconscious.
After regaining consciousness, the person referred to as police for help and was taken to hospital.
His residence of 23 years was left ransacked.
Detective First Class Constable Matthew Mackay mentioned police had been treating the aggravated housebreaking with the “utmost seriousness”.
“This is definitely a serous and horrible offence that occurred against an elderly and vulnerable member of our community,” he mentioned.
“We’ve allocated significant resources throughout the district, in the form of forensic officers. We have multiple units that are out there doing everything we can to apprehend these offenders.”
Security cameras caught the offenders peering right into a neighbour’s automotive and looking out via a close-by letterbox earlier than they entered the sufferer’s home.
Neighbours residing on the road have instructed 9News they’re “shocked”.
“It was on our street? It doesn’t happen here, it’s surprising,” resident Alison Homsey mentioned.
The aged man has been described a very “great guy and a dear man”.
“He helps take everyone’s paper in for him if they’re not home,” resident Valorie McNamara mentioned.
“He is a really nice man and it’s very sad.”
Relatives stay by the person’s aspect in hospital, the place it is anticipated he’ll keep for days.
“He’s described himself as feeling sore and shaken up. But he is recovering well,” Detective First Class Constable Mackay mentioned.
“He surrounded by family that are providing him with support.”
Source: www.9news.com.au
