Supermarket giant Coles has made the decision to stop selling knives at its stores across Australia after an attempted murder of an employee in Queensland.
On Jan. 13, police allege a 13-year-old boy entered a Coles store in the Ipswich suburb of Yamanto, before stabbing a 63-year-old Coles employee in the back.
It is unclear whether the knife used in the attack had been taken from store shelves.
The woman remains in a critical but stable condition in Princess Alexander Hospital.
“Coles has made the decision to withdraw its range of kitchen knives for sale from supermarkets across Australia,” a Coles spokesperson said in a statement provided to The Epoch Times….
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