Confronting CCTV captures alleged Adelaide supermarket assault
Confronting CCTV footage of an alleged Adelaide shopping centre 'king hit' spree has surfaced, following the arrest of a man who has faced court over a series of alleged 'king hit' assaults.
Police allege the man stormed the Regency Plaza at Sefton Park on Thursday, and launched a series of unprovoked attacks on innocent shoppers on Thursday afternoon.
The footage shows a man being dragged across a store floor, before being punched and kicked repeatedly, as customers look on in shock.
Another man fends off the attacker with what looks like a wooden walking stick and edges the alleged attacker out of the frame.
Police say at least six shoppers were set upon and punched, including a 56-year-old woman who was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
Workers in the centre tried to scare the attacker away but they could not stop his violent spree.
“I saw a man being kicked in the body and head trying to defend himself,” E-Cigarette worker Eric Montgomery told 7 News.
Police at Regency Plaza getting statements from workers caught up in yesterday's terrifying attacks. @7NewsAdelaide pic.twitter.com/edfbVhXZPw
— Andrea Nicolas (@AndreaLNicolas) May 6, 2016
“He came up here, hit someone at the cigarette counter – no warning whatsoever; king hit a woman outside the centre, standing there doing nothing.
“These weren’t minor hits, these were king hits.
Terrified workers describe their horror as a man punches 6 shoppers - leaving one in hospital. @7NewsAdelaide pic.twitter.com/cttSL8n4AR
— Andrea Nicolas (@AndreaLNicolas) May 5, 2016
“The schoolgirls were screaming.
"He assaulted another woman about two blocks away, he was trying to get into her car – punched her in the head, completely laid her out, apparently.”
A 20-year-old man is being questioned over the attacks, and is expected to be charged.
