Dunedin dairy robbed at gunpoint

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Two men wearing balaclavas and armed with a pistol and a knife have robbed a Dunedin dairy of cash and cigarettes and assaulted two bystanders overnight, police say.

The two men entered Regent Night `n Day, at the bottom of Regent Rd in North Dunedin, about 12.30am, said Senior Sergeant Mel Aitken of Dunedin police.

As they left the dairy a bystander and a newspaper delivery woman were assaulted and injured, she said.

The armed pair were believed to have driven off in silver or white station wagon.

- NZPA