Detectives are investigating after a man attempted to rob a supermarket in East Ipswich yesterday.
At 7.45pm, a man entered the business on Jacaranda Street and produced a knife.
He made demands for cash and the male attendant then struck him with a metal bar.
The man fled the scene empty handed and was last seen entering a car and driving south on Chermside Road.
Investigations are continuing.
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