Appeal for public help after Alexandra attempted robbery

Police are seeking the public's help to identify a man wanted in relation to a robbery at the Night and Day Diary in Alexandra.

At about 11pm yesterday Police received a report of an attempted robbery at the premises.

A man entered the dairy and threw a rock, breaking a glass cabinet.

He demanded money and cigarettes from the two shop workers who hid out the back while the incident occurred.

One of them sustained minor injuries after being cut by a shard of glass.

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