A child ran screaming into a busy Auckland supermarket on Wednesday evening after the car he was waiting in was allegedly carjacked by a man armed with a knife.
Police said the “frightening” incident happened after 6.15pm at the Woolworths on Williamson Avenue in Ponsonby.
Senior Sergeant Dave Plunkett, Auckland City Road Policing, says a SUV had been parked outside the supermarket.
“The driver had gone inside the supermarket, with his son waiting in the car,” he says.
“An unknown male has approached the vehicle, yelling at the young boy to get out of the car, before he proceeded to get in and drive away.”
