Horror as man is attacked with an axe outside shopping centre

A man has reportedly sustained facial injuries after being attacked with a metal object outside a regional shopping centre. 

The incident happened at around 4pm on Thursday at the Tweed City centre on Minjungbal Drive in northern NSW. 

A NSW Ambulance spokesperson told the Gold Coast Bulletin the man was in his twenties had been rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition.

Multiple ambulance and police crews have attended the scene. 

Police sources said a building tool was used in the incident that witnesses described as being like an axe or machete. 

Police have launched a manhunt to find the attacker, who fled from the scene.

Shoppers who witnessed the incident expressed their shock and horror on social media, with one writing ‘there was blood everywhere’.

‘Wow just saw the guy … blood everywhere. Was wondering what had happened. Pretty scary stuff,’ Jacqueline Garbett wrote.

Allison Sultana said her son’s mate tried to give first aid to the hurt man, saying the attack occurred outside the Woolworths store.

Shoppers began ‘piling out of the centre’ as news of the attack spread, wrote Sara Georgi who also stated police arrived ‘quickly’ to the scene.

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