Waikato Machete Attack: Police Search for ‘Dangerous’ Man Trayd Tahau
January 12, 2023
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Waikato police are searching for “dangerous” man Trayd Tahau in relation to a robbery of a Hamilton dairy in which two of a shopkeeper’s fingers were chopped off by a machete.
Tahau was charged with aggravated robbery, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated assault, assault with intent to rob and unlawfully getting into a vehicle.
A warrant for Tahau’s arrest was issued at the Hamilton District Court yesterday, after the incident at an Irvine St dairy in Frankton, Hamilton on December 17 last year.
The owner of the dairy, Puneet Singh, told the Herald four machete-wielding robbers entered the shop.
“They attacked him. We have fog cannons and panic buttons installed but there was no time for the worker to press it,” Singh said.
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Anyone with information should call police on 111 and quote file number 221217/6333. Information can also be given anonymously to Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.