- Brutal photos reveal the gruesome injuries suffered by kidnapping victim
- A man armed with a gun broke into Andrew Cameron’s home in New Zealand
- The attacker smashed Mr Cameron’s face with the gun before kidnapping him
Brutal photos revealing the gruesome injuries suffered by a man who was kidnapped have been released by police as they continue to search for a masked gunman.
A man wearing a black balaclava and armed with a sawn-off gun broke into Andrew Cameron’s home in Hanmer on New Zealand’s South Island in September, according to Stuff.
Nine people were in the home at the time including Mr Cameron’s 19-year-old son and three-month-old baby.
Brutal photos revealing the gruesome injuries suffered by a man who was kidnapped have been released by police as they continue to search for a masked gunman
The attacker smashed Mr Cameron’s face with the gun before forcing him to tie up his family members.
With a gun pointed at his head, Mr Cameron was ordered to drive a silver SUV while his attacker sat in the passenger seat.
Mr Cameron was able to escape only once he jumped out of the moving car and sprinted off without shoes on.
The attacker chased Mr Cameron and tried to get back into the house. When he couldn’t find a way into the property he drove off in the SUV.
It was found ditched in Christchurch two days later.
Police believe the man entered the home expecting to find a particular person, but when he couldn’t find them he searched every room in the house.
The attacker smashed Andrew Cameron’s face with the gun before forcing him to tie up his family members
Detective Sergeant Colin Baillie said the attacker made a ‘monumental screw up’ but he ‘continued to terrorise that family for no purpose’.
Mr Cameron said he and his family were ‘coping with everything as best we can’.
‘You’re certainly a bit more nervous when the lights go out,’ he said.
‘It was just a surreal situation that no one wants to be in.’