Police are hunting a trio of dangerous teenagers they say held a mother at knifepoint in her own home in Queensland’s north.

in suburban Townsville, Kristy was besieged by three teens, who wielded 40-centimetre knives, one of which was held to the mother’s throat.

“The feeling that you get when the, when the metal gets placed on your skin, and you just think ‘this is it’, she said

The trio smashed into the property just before 4am this morning, chasing her car.

“They started screaming give us the f—ing keys,” she said.

“When you see the knives you g, ‘Holy shit. I need to fight for yourself right then and there’.

“They jumped the fence or they had it open, I don’t know, and they took off from there and the car was parked on the front driveway.”

The teens took off in Kristy’s Ford Everest, leaving behind blood, shattered glass and a distraught family.

“That’s not how anybody should ever have to feel, in your own home when you’re sleeping at 3 o’clock in the morning,” she said.

9News understands the same group of teens was spotted scoping out homes in surrounding streets the night before.

Police say they are still on the run, with investigations ongoing

“I just really hope by sharing this we can bring these people to justice,” Kirsty said.