Police fear new bikie war has begun on Gold Coast

It kicked off on Friday night with a massive bikie brawl outside a Surfers Paradise strip club and ended with a gun being pulled outside a Biggera Waters unit.

After a weekend of violence, which left one man shot, Queensland Police fear a new bikie war between the Comancheros, Bandidos and Mongols has erupted on the Gold Coast.

Five men were charged in the Friday night strip club brawl, police said, which left one man with a broken eye socket.

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Police believe the attacks over the weekend were between rival gang members from the Comancheros, Bandidos and Mongols.

Later that night a man was taken to hospital with a gun shot wound.

On Saturday, outside a bar in Burleigh, another fight erupted, which resulted in two men being stabbed.

The chaotic weekend was rounded out when accelerant was thrown at the door of the Biggera Waters apartment complex and set alight.

Police said a gun was pulled on people who had been inside the unit before rushing out and clashing with attackers.

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Police have set up a new task force to target the Mongols, Bandidos and Comancheros gangs.Police said the attacks were about greed and power.

A 22-year-old man was stabbed four times in his abdomen and chest, and a 42-year-old man suffered minor stabs wounds to his face and torso.

Both men were treated at Gold Coast University Hospital.

In response to the wave of attacks, police launched a new taskforce, Operation Tango Grey.

Police said the attacks were about power and greed.

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