A Northland supermarket owner says he feared for his life when a group of armed teenagers brandishing crowbars and bats stormed his store, smashing shelves and attacking staff in what he believes was a violent revenge attack.

Homer, the owner of Fortune Asian Supermarket in Preston’s Northland Shopping Centre, described the terrifying Monday night rampage, telling Nine News the trio – wielding crowbars, bats, and what he believed to be a machete – terrorised staff and shoppers.

“They started smashing the shop and then our team tried to stop [them],” Homer said.

“They kicked our team members and also tried to hurt everyone.”

The attack came hours after an earlier incident that morning, when a teenage girl vandalised the store and threw merchandise at a cashier. Security escorted her o

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