Detectives believe that a 'bladed weapon' was used to attack one of the victims. | ITV News Anglia
Credit:The attack happened shortly after 8.30pm on Friday, September 29)at the O&K supermarket in Kettering Road.
The suspect who had been spotted shoplifting a vape, attacked a 22-year-old store assistant, punching him in the face causing a black eye and bleeding nose before robbing cash from the till and seizing a bottle of whiskey. As he tried to leave the store, he then struck the bottle over the head of a 20-year-old customer who staggered out of the shop before being further attacked suffering what later turned out to be slash wounds to the neck and back.The suspect, who is still at large, was described by one witness as being an Asian male, aged 16-19, 5ft 6in and wearing a grey tracksuit top with a black scarf covering his mouth.
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