{"id":539443,"date":"2026-03-14T06:56:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:56:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539443\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T06:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T06:56:16","slug":"shopkeeper-intervenes-after-man-brings-axe-into-invermay-kebab-shop-brawl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/539443\/","title":{"rendered":"Shopkeeper intervenes after man brings axe into Invermay kebab shop brawl"},"content":{"rendered":"

A shopkeeper has intervened to disarm a young man wielding an axe during a violent brawl inside his Launceston business on Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Police say two men were being chased by two others along Invermay Road about 3:25pm and sought refuge inside the shop.<\/p>\n

The second pair then entered the store, one of them armed with an axe and a physical altercation broke out.<\/p>\n

CCTV footage from Shah\u2019s Kebab shows the shopkeeper confronting the group and briefly restraining the armed man, causing the weapon to fall to the floor.<\/p>\n

Those involved were then seen running from the shop.<\/p>\n

\"\"The young man allegedly armed with the axe is confronted by the shopkeeper. Image \/ Shah\u2019s Kebab<\/p>\n

Inspector Danny Jackson said the incident was concerning.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing armed in public will not be tolerated and acts of physical assault such as this, particularly taking place in a public space and in someone\u2019s business premises, will not be tolerated,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

No one was seriously injured and the axe was not used to injure anyone, police said.<\/p>\n

The fight broke up quickly and all four men left the store in different directions.<\/p>\n

Two were seen heading south on Invermay Road about 3:35pm and have yet to be identified. Two others were spoken to by police near the scene.<\/p>\n

\"\"Security cameras recorded the confrontation inside the shop. Image \/ Shah\u2019s Kebab<\/p>\n

Inspector Jackson said the relationship between the men and the reason for the chase were still under investigation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy this incident has taken place and what the relationship between all the parties is, is still under investigation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

No arrests have been made and no charges have been laid.<\/p>\n

The shopkeeper said on social media that he stepped in to stop the man attacking with the weapon.<\/p>\n

\u201cHad a great day today until these bunch of idiots decided to have a fight inside our shop,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He said violent incidents at the business had become a recurring problem.<\/p>\n

\"\"The weapon fell to the floor during the struggle. Image \/ Shah\u2019s Kebab<\/p>\n

\u201cThis isn\u2019t the first time, it\u2019s been happening quite frequently nowadays and someone needs to do something about it or it just keeps happening.\u201d<\/p>\n

Police are urging anyone with information or video footage to contact them on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers anonymously.<\/p>\n

The incident comes after police this week charged four people with armed robbery over a separate alleged incident at a Moonah business on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Police allege two males entered the store and demanded cash and lighters before briefly leaving, only to return with two other males.<\/p>\n

A worker was allegedly threatened and sustained non-life-threatening injuries after being struck with a glass bottle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A shopkeeper has intervened to disarm a young man wielding an axe during a violent brawl inside his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539444,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-539443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}