A woman who sustained a serious head injury while going to the help of a woman during an attempted robbery on Auckland's North Shore has had surgery and is in a stable condition, Radio New Zealand reports.
The 43-year-old woman was at the Countdown supermarket at the Northcote Shops in Lake Road yesterday with her two- and four-year old children when she saw an attempted bag snatch and went to help the victim.
Detective Senior Sergeant Stan Brown says the robbery attempt happened after the older Asian woman had withdrawn cash from a nearby ATM machine.
“Here we have what looked to be one young guy on an old lady, and I'd say most of us would react in the same way,” Brown told RNZ.
“This woman was acting as a good Samaritan in coming to the aid of someone who was being attacked.
“We're determined to identify and apprehend the offender as soon as possible.”