Queensland police were called to the Great Western Super Centre on Settlement Road in Keperra about 3pm on Friday after reports of a disturbance in Woolworths. By the time the situation was brought under control, shoppers and workers had been evacuated from the store and a shopping complex on Brisbane’s northside was left shut down by the altercation.

Footage of the incident showed items strewn across the store and broken packaging down several aisles, a sign of how quickly the disruption spread through the supermarket. Two teenage girls were taken into custody after the disturbance.

On Saturday, police said the pair had been charged and were due in the Brisbane Childrens Court. A 15-year-old girl from Kedron was charged with wilful damage, assault occasioning bodily harm and two counts of common assault. A 14-year-old girl from Goodna was charged with wilful damage, assault occasioning bodily harm and common assault.

The incident unfolded at a busy shopping complex in Brisbane’s northside, where a Woolworths store sits inside the Great Western Super Centre and foot traffic can quickly turn a disturbance into a public evacuation. What happened on Friday was not a minor scuffle contained to one aisle. It forced the supermarket to clear out and left visible damage across the store, which is why police treated it as a criminal matter rather than a routine shopfront disruption.

The charges now set the case on a path to the child justice system. The Brisbane Childrens Court appearance on Saturday was the next step for the two girls, and it will determine how the allegations over the Keperra Woolworths disturbance are first tested in court.