A traumatised man suffered serious injuries and remains in hospital with multiple broken bones after he was randomly attacked with a hammer while sitting in his car in Papatoetoe, South Auckland.
About 6am on Sunday October 9, the man, who fears for his safety and wishes to remain anonymous, was in his parked car at the Puhinui Mobil station when an assailant approached the driver's side door.
For reasons still unknown, the offender struck the driver's side window repeatedly, breaking the glass, before turning the weapon on the victim, still sitting in his car.
The victim was hit in the head several times by the offender, causing fractures to his skull, eye socket and jaw.
In a state of shock, he put his car into reverse, crashing into the fence of a neighbouring house. But the attacker continued his assault, reaching to grab the victim through the smashed window once the car had stopped.
