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A KNIFE-WIELDING man who slashed the face of a cleaner at the Parabanks Mall in a vicious random attack remained on the run Tuesday night, while workers at the Salisbury Mall are demanding heightened security. aged about thirty years, suffered severe injuries to the face and back when she was ambushed in the hallway to the public restroom center towards Monday at 8pm. She was last night in a serious but stable condition at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, while police were pursuing her attacker.
Police on Tuesday increased their patrols in the area to enhance security and to search for the man, who was captured on CCTV walking calmly from the scene. The attack follows what the retail workers' union, the SDA, said was a growing amount of violence and abuse towards the mall staff
SDA deputy secretary Josh Peak said that Union members reported more than 40 incidents, including follow-up staff Over the past 12 months, he was threatened, badaulted and verbally abused by the center. [TRADUCTION] "For some time now, Parabank workers have stated that they do not feel safe in the center," he said. We call on the management of the center to introduce stricter security and safety measures in the car park, including better lighting and more security guards and more CCTV cameras.
Center staff said Employee Sam Draper said everyone in the center was "a little on the edge".
She said that she felt in danger of leaving the center at night and walking up to her car, which was parked at more than 100 meters due to a time limit of three hours in the parks closest to the center.
"It's pretty intimidating … it's very scary," she said. The main concern was the type of people hanging out. "I do not know how, but we need to be more protected," she said.
David Waylen, executive director of Salisbury Business Association, said staff were encouraged to report incidents to the police. anecdotally, but they do not report a real crime, "he said." If the statistics show nothing, it's really hard for us to lobby. "
He said that the badociation, SDA, local police, Salisbury council and local MP Zoe Bettison worked together to find strategies to improve security.
Detective Inspector Naomi Oberscheidt said that "significant resources" had been deployed to find the man. "It's a relative incident. We are looking for (the suspect) and we want to locate them as soon as possible, "she said.
Detective-Inspector Oberscheidt said the police had spoken briefly to the victim and were following a number of questions [19659017MelindaFremlindirectricParabanksecommercializedercommercialwasdevastedbythis"isolatedincident"
"It's terrifying … we don`t Have never had anything like this before, "she said. "It's a beautiful person, so it's really sad that it happened."
Anyone with information is asked to contact Crime Stoppers at 1800 333 000.
