Sarah Patel was trying to defend an employee working for her father.
A six-year-old Indian girl has been hailed as a hero after she stood up and took on a group of robbers who broke into her father’s shop in New Zealand.
A group of masked robbers broke into the electrical shop owned by Sarah Patel’s family inAuckland and attacked the employees with ax and iron lever on Monday afternoon. A CCTV camera footage in the shop has captured the moments of Patel defending the staff when the masked, axe-wielding robbers attacked.
In the video, Patel is seen rushing towards a robber who was attacking one of the employees and trying to stop him by grabbing onto the leg of the man.
Patel told New Zealand Herald that she was “trying to save” the employee and that she “wasn’t scared” while taking on the robber.
Patel fled the scene when she spotted an ax in the hand of the man and soon she managed to escape with her grandfather.
Suhail Patel, the father of Sarah Patel, told TVNZ that he was proud of her daughter. Though she had been shaken by the incident, Suhail Patel said he was “very fortunate she didn’t get hurt.”
“Last night she was very upset. Was in shock. We’ve been trying to say to her ‘You’re the bravest girl’, that sort of thing,” he said.
Patel’s mother Nashrin said that her daughter thought the attacker was her father when she tried to defend the employees.
“When she stood up she holded [sic] one of the guys’ legs, she was thinking it was her dad. And then he just looked at her and she got scared again,” Nashrin Patel was quoted as saying by Sydney Morning Herald.
The police chased down and arrested the robbers who were six in total. Five 16-year-olds were arrested and charged with aggravated robbery, injuring with intent, and breaching bail. One robber is on the run and a search has been initiated to catch him.
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