Ice-cream store guard bashed to death in Sydney

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The fatal bashing of a security guard in a Sydney ice-cream store has been described as "vicious" by police.

Hans Schulz, a 69-year-old man from Germany, died after he confronted two people who allegedly broke into a ground-floor Wendy's ice-cream kiosk at Broadway Shopping Centre on Sunday night.

A 28-year-old Maroubra woman and a 33-year-old Randwick man have been charged with manslaughter and will face Newtown Local Court later on Monday.

Two children, aged five and three, witnessed the attack and have been put into the care of their grandparents, Superintendent Michael O'Toole told reporters.

"This was certainly an attack that's uncalled for and it's vicious," Supt O'Toole said.

"It's certainly a tragic event when a man going about his business, a 69-year-old security guard, gets involved in an assault and dies and it just compounds that when there are a five-year-old and three-old child at the scene."

Mr Schulz suffered serious injuries and reportedly went into cardiac arrest before being taken to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police are appealing for a third person who was at the scene to come forward.

The woman, named Raylene, was not a suspect in the alleged attack, Supt O'Toole said.

"I'm just shocked, I still can't believe it's true," a local shop owner told Macquarie Radio.

Other shop owners described Mr Schulz as a "lovely person", a journalist tweeted.

-AAP