A north Queensland business is reeling after youths heavily vandalised a $2.4 million (US$1.68 million) crane while bragging about it on social media.
Business managers say an excavator worth $500,000 was also damaged in the attack on the weekend, which comes amid a tide of violent criminal incidents involving juveniles in the state.
In a Snapchat video, the two youths can be seen striking the windscreen of the multi-million-dollar crane in the tropical city of Cairns multiple times with a large piece of timber.
Both young men can be heard swearing, and the subtitle, “[Because] we can,” is displayed along the bottom half of the video….