Tweed Heads man in hospital with face injury after shopping centre dispute 'got out of hand'
Police were called to Tweed City Shopping Centre after reports of a fight. (ABC News: Mark Rigby)
A man is in hospital with a face injury after a shopping centre dispute "got out of hand" in northern New South Wales, police have said.
Police were called to Tweed City Shopping Centre on Minjungbal Drive in the city's south on Thursday afternoon after reports of a fight.
A 25-year-old Tweed Heads man was treated by paramedics for a "superficial" injury after he was hit with a blunt weapon by another man, who fled the scene.
Tweed Byron Police District Chief Inspector Matt Kehoe said there was no threat to the public.
"It wasn't a significant incident, albeit a weapon was produced and a person has received some injuries," he said.
"Police responded very quickly and this is certainly not an incident like we saw in Bondi, it is perhaps a dispute between a couple of people that got out of hand," he said.
"It is always concerning when there is a weapon in a public place but the public can be assured police were there immediately after it was reported and quickly contained the scene."
Police are looking for the second man involved.
"The other male involved has run from the scene and the investigation is still ongoing," Inspector Kehoe said.
"We are asking anyone with phone footage or dashcam footage to contact tweed Police or Crimestoppers.
"We believe we know who that person is, we ask him to present himself to Tweed Heads Police Station, but we are out there at the moment continuing our inquiries to locate him."