Police said they took one person into custody at the scene, and inquiries into the circumstances of the incident are ongoing.<\/p>\n
The man told the Herald his wife, sister-in-law and three daughters went into the superette to buy eggs. <\/p>\n
\u201cWhile they were in there, there was a teenage girl who was standing in the shop harassing the workers,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He understood the teenager was with a group of two other people and was trying to get a vape, but the worker wouldn\u2019t give it to her. <\/p>\n
He said his daughter told the girl to stop and asked her to leave the workers alone. <\/p>\n
\u201cThen things escalated from there. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey walked out, and then as they were driving away, she [the alleged offender] tried to chuck a chisel at my daughter because her window was down in the truck,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
He said his wife then stopped and got out of the car, and that is when the alleged offender pulled a knife out of her pocket. <\/p>\n
\u201cMy wife tried to whack the knife away from her. And that\u2019s when she got cut,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
Speaking to the Herald last night, he said he had yet to see the extent of his wife\u2019s injuries as she was in hospital. <\/p>\n
The Mahia Rd Superette company director told the Herald his staff were very shaken by the incident. <\/p>\n
He said he understood his staff members were unharmed. <\/p>\n