🌱 How employees stopped a frightening knife attack at Hockessin’s Yorklyn Road Wawa
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- How employees stopped a frightening knife attack at Hockessin’s Yorklyn Road Wawa
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• Man Charged After Frightening Knife Attack at Hockessin Wawa (mychesco.com) — A Hockessin Wawa employee was injured after an early-morning knife attack in which police say a local man repeatedly re-entered the Yorklyn Road store and threatened staff before being restrained. The worker’s hand injury was not life-threatening, and the suspect faces multiple felony charges and remains in custody on cash bond. 
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