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Police are working to identify a man in connection with a series of serious assaults and a robbery targeting elderly people outside a supermarket.
About 9am on Wednesday, August 20, police received a report of a person stealing a bag and assaulting two elderly people outside the front ofWoolworths Hobsonville, a police spokesperson said.
One victim suffered serious injuries and was transported to hospital.
Police are seeking the public’s help to identify the man pictured. Photo / NZ Police
Police urge anyone who may know this man to contact them using the reference number 250820/8466.