18 Jan 2018

Waikto shopkeeper stabbed in robbery

3:36 pm on 18 January 2018

A shopkeeper has been stabbed in his head and forearms in a robbery in Waikato.

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Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly

Police said two men carrying knives entered the Meremere Suprette and Takeaways about half past eleven this morning.

The pair demanded money and cigarettes and a fight broke out before they fled.

Police said the shopkeeper was in a moderate to serious condition and was being taken to Middlemore Hospital.

They were looking for the two men and a scene examination is underway.

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