Masked men Raid New Lynn Kaysons Store, assault owner in the stealing shop

“He goes,” If you don’t shut up, I’ll kill you. ” And he continued to say, “I will kill you, I will kill you, I will kill you.” “

The terrifying lands ended less than a minute, leaving the owner to believe that the store was removed in front of the robbery.

The four robbers were disguised in Balaclavas and front coatings and armed with a hammer and a model.

The owner said that none of the staff tried to stop the men to steal, but they still attacked him.

Meanwhile, customers have covered in the store, hiding throughout the terrifying afternoon.

The owner, who led the business for 26 years, received blows to his upper arm and cheeks, and the arm of another staff was cut on the broken window.

“It simply does not feel safe. Now we debate, should we sell gold? Because no one will attack us for clothing.

“I haven’t slept all night … I’m just worried about my staff. We’re more like a family.”

A staff started the smoke cannon, but several gold jewelry trays were stolen. The financial lack of the incident is still unclear.

Kaysons gold jewelry have a price between 100 and almost $ 15,000 on its site.

“It was so fast,” said the staff. “After looking at the pictures, we realized it was only a minute, because I thought it would be like at least two to three minutes.”

The owner was glad that his staff is safe and the most uninsured, but said that the trauma of the incident will have a lasting effect.

Police said they were called to an aggravated robbery at 3.40 pm, after a report of a group that entered and assaulted a worker, taking objects and running.

The incident was still under investigation, and the investigations were in progress to determine exactly what was stolen.

Jaime Lyth is a multimedia journalist for New Zealand Heraldfocusing on crime and state -of -the -art news. Lyth started working under Nz herald Campthead in 2021 as a reporter for North lawyer in Whangārei.