Man hunted after supermarket social distance bottle attack
A man who allegedly bashed a woman in a supermarket over a social distance request has been tasered and taken into custody after he produced a meat cleaver when approached by police.
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A man accused of bashing a woman in the head with a bottle in a supermarket queue after she asked him to social distance has been arrested carrying a meat cleaver.
Police tasered the man before he was apprehended and taken to Liverpool Hospital as a precaution.
The arrest follows an incident on Friday morning in a supermarket checkout queue in Miller, in southwest Sydney.
A 59-year-old woman told police the man stood closely behind her in the checkout queue, prompting requests for him to step back.
He later allegedly approached her from behind and hit her over the head with a bottle, which did not break, and fled the store.
The woman was treated by paramedics and taken to Liverpool Hospital.
The man was later seen by police in a Green Valley park and approached.
He allegedly brandished a meat cleaver but was tasered, arrested and taken to Liverpool Hospital, police said.
Charges are yet to be laid.