Frankston milk bar owner attacked in violent armed robbery
Violent thugs who kicked a Frankston milk bar owner and threatened her with a hammer during a brutal robbery have also held up school kids on a Cranbourne street, police suspect. SEE THE VIDEO
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A Frankston milk bar owner savagely attacked during a brutal armed robbery says she and her family are still living in fear.
Hampden Avenue milk bar owner Jing Lin was kicked and threatened with a hammer by an thug who, along with an accomplice, stormed the front counter of her store.
“I was kicked, and they have hammer, they stole cigarettes and the cash register,” she said.
“I’m still frightened, my family is scared, this is not a safe suburb.
“Young people always steal, they have bad attitude towards us, they are very rude and racist.
“There are always people outside with, you know, needle in arm, they do bad things.”
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She said a neighbour who witnessed the robbery was also frightened.
“He is scared, one day someone with gun threatened him at his home,” she said.
Ms Lin said she had since implemented “personal safety measures” to protect the shop and her family.
“What can we do? We can’t leave, this is our money for our family,” she said.
Two men arrived at the Hampden Avenue milk bar about 6.30pm on Monday, March 4 in a stolen VW Golf driven by a third suspect.
Police said both men wore surgical gloves and covered their faces as they ran into the store and jumped the front counter.
One shovelled cigarettes into a garbage bag while the other fended off Ms Lin.
They trashed the store as they tried to force the cash register from the front counter.
The register crashed onto the floor and the suspects took a small amount of money before fleeing in the stolen car.
Frankston Crime Investigation Unit detectives believe the trio are responsible for several more crimes in the days since the milk bar robbery.
Police said the three were suspected of stealing two cars during an aggravated burglary in Cranbourne North earlier today.
The suspects approached three men inside a Mountain View Boulevard home just before 6am.
One of the victims was hit on the head with a hammer.
It’s understood the suspects used the cars in another armed robbery in Carrum Downs hours later.
They are also believed to have used weapons to rob school children on a Cranbourne street and commit an attempted armed robbery in Casey in the past 24 hours.