Jeweller smashed in head with hammer during robbery in suburban Brisbane store
Four armed thieves have robbed a Brisbane jewellery store and attacked the owner, who has since needed emergency brain surgery.
The men were wearing masks and wielding hammers and metal bars when they entered Shree Ganesh Jewellers on Gympie Rd at Chermside just after 5pm on Tuesday.
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“The group then smashed a number of glass cabinets and stole a large amount of jewellery,” Queensland Police said.
His wife Samita Subarnkar Sunar was also in the store at the time of the alleged attack.
The jewellery store has a system which requires customers to buzz a doorbell to be admitted inside.
7NEWS understands the alleged offenders waited outside until a customer and her children were heading in.
The men then pushed past the woman and children and unleashed on the store.
Bijaya was taken to the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital in a stable condition.
Samita told 7NEWS that her husband required emergency surgery to remove a haematoma on his brain.
The offenders fled in a grey Honda CR-V station wagon, which was allegedly stolen from Calamvale on Sunday.
No arrests have been made at this stage.
Investigations are ongoing and anyone with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers.
— With Georgie Chumbley
Originally published on 7NEWS
