Robbery

The worker reportedly got chased to the back of the shop before he was attacked.

A young dairy worker who is soon to be a new father has lost two fingers after machete-wielding robbers attacked him this morning in Hamilton.

There is no strict action and the police have no power.” He was getting in and out of unconsciousness,” Singh said. “Police and ambulance responded to a report received at around 7.30am. “They attacked him and two of his fingers were chopped off, fell on the ground. He was described by his family and friends as a “true family man”. Singh said the worker is about to become a father, his pregnant wife came to the shop, and she was “really upset”.

A dairy worker has lost two fingers in a robbery which saw offenders take off with up to $20000 worth of tobacco products.

And it's not only my shop, it's happening everywhere." She is traumatised, she came to the site as well in the morning. "Today my worker could've lost his life.

A dairy worker has lost two fingers in a robbery which saw offenders take off with up to $20000 worth of tobacco products.

And it's not only my shop, it's happening everywhere." She is traumatised, she came to the site as well in the morning. "Today my worker could've lost his life.

"He was crying, saying he got hit," says the store's owner, who received a distraught call. “There was blood all over the floor where he got attacked."

Singh said it took him “a couple of hours” to get inside and give police the CCTV footage. He was passing out on the stretcher.” She came to see him and is quite traumatised. “One person was transported to hospital with serious injuries. “There was blood all over the floor where he got attacked. He said a neighbour from across the road heard screaming and came over to help, but was also attacked by one of the robbers and was punched in the face and hit with the machete.

A dairy worker who was attacked with a machete during a robbery has undergone eight hours of surgery after two fingers were severed.

"Until we put them under pressure and give them harsher penalties this is going to keep repeating. First aid was immediately administered, and he was transported to hospital, where he remains in a stable condition," Clarke said. We would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or events immediately after, or who has information about those involved. "He was begging to them 'don't kill me, don't kill me'. He is still thinking about what has happened." "The robber targeted my worker's head.

The neighbour was roused from his sleep by screaming as a Hamilton shopkeeper was attacked by robbers who cut off his thumb.

It is a blessing I walked away with grazes.” He was feeling a bit tired when Stuff visited him on Sunday morning. Then three others were there too, and I didn’t know they were armed.” I didn’t know there were others [offenders]. “I started hearing screaming noises and realised something was wrong. * He got medically checked out, has a couple of cuts on his bottom lip, and was hit at the back of his head and the machete graze. I was ill-prepared.” The man said the offenders on Saturday appeared to be youths. [the last time was the shopkeeper lost an eye in a lunchtime robbery in 2017](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/99316273/store-worker-loses-an-eye-during-knifepoint-robbery-in-hamilton) ,which happened under different shop ownership. “When I arrived on site I just saw one person, the fog cannon was already activated and the shopkeeper was inside screaming. [to Irvine St Dairy on Saturday morning.](https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300767801/more-calls-for-crime-crackdown-after-machetewielding-robber-chops-off-dairy-workers-fingers)

Hamilton Police are asking for witnesses to come forward after an aggravated robbery on Irvine Street, Frankton yesterday that left a man seriously injured.

We would also like to hear from anyone who has private CCTV in the immediate area or surrounding streets, which may have captured footage of use to the investigation. We would like to hear from anyone who may have witnessed the incident or events immediately after, or who has information about those involved. Police were called to the scene about 7.30am, and on arrival discovered a man outside the premises with a serious injury to his hand.

The man had eight hours of surgery but it's not yet clear how well his thumb will work afterwards.

“So if you don’t have smokes the sales won’t be enough to pay the bills. “Cigarettes are 40 to 45% of the sales and, if you don’t have cigarettes, customers won’t come here. And we don’t make much with the smokes. We just need guns I think,” he said. Then three others were there too, and I didn’t know they were armed.” “There is nothing more we can do. It's up to them to ... “Once they know the consequences if they are caught, they could stop the family benefit and make the parents accountable for it.”. I didn’t know there were others [offenders]. "People know who these people are. A neighbour was knocked out by the offenders after he was awoken by the injured man screaming and ran in his socks to help. “They tried to hit him on the head, but he brought his hands up to protect himself.”

The worker told shop owner Puneet Singh he was “begging [the robbers] not to kill him”. “They tried to hit him on the head, but he brought his hands up to protect himself.” READ MORE: * ...

“So if you don’t have smokes the sales won’t be enough to pay the bills. “Cigarettes are 40 to 45% of the sales and, if you don’t have cigarettes, customers won’t come here. And we don’t make much with the smokes. We just need guns I think,” he said. Then three others were there too, and I didn’t know they were armed.” “There is nothing more we can do. “Once they know the consequences if they are caught, they could stop the family benefit and make the parents accountable for it.”. I didn’t know there were others [offenders]. A neighbour was knocked out by the offenders after he was awoken by the injured man screaming and ran in his socks to help. Clarke acknowledged the dairy had “done everything that they could reasonably be expected to do and it's a really sad indictment that, at this point in time, that's not enough to stop this kind of offending”. “They tried to hit him on the head, but he brought his hands up to protect himself.” He did everything he could to get out of their way and he was actually hiding in a back storeroom when he was attacked”.