In a violent attempted robbery, a man wields a knife at the shopkeeper and holds it to a female shop assistants throat.
The attacker was eventually forced out by the shopkeeper without any injuries to the staff.
In the video we can see the stocky man with a shaved head loitering in the shop before grabbing the woman and holding the knife to her throat.
The shopkeeper manages to free her before himself coming under a frenzied attack by the robber. He is eventually forced out of the jewellers using a broom.
The incident occurred on the morning of Friday 21 October, in Harrolds Discount Jewellers, Dagenham, and MET police are still looking for the attacker.
Detective Chief Inspector Ian Corner, who is leading the investigation, said: “This was a violent attack which left the shop workers extremely shaken. They acted with great courage to fight off the suspect and were lucky to have avoided being seriously injured. We need help from the public to trace this individual before he attempts to target someone else.”
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