Neighbour heard screams from home invasion A NEIGHBOUR has described how she heard a woman screaming as a gang of masked men armed with a meat cleaver and a sword attacked a mother and son in their Sydney home. Police believe up to six men, all with their faces covered, broke into a home in Mons Avenue, Maroubra about 1.40am (AEDT) on Tuesday. They confronted a 22-year-old man who went to investigate noises. When his mother, 44, came to help him, a fight broke out. The men ran from the home empty-handed, leaving the mother and son with minor head injuries. A next-door neighbour, who did not wish to be named, told AAP she was in bed watching TV when she heard a woman's "very scary" scream and someone saying "calm down, calm down." "I thought maybe some poor woman was being attacked or someone near her was being attacked," she said. The mother and son were taken to hospital following the attack.