Coles to stop selling kitchen knives in supermarkets across Australia after Ipswich worker stabbed

Decision comes after alleged assault on 63-year-old Claudia Campomayor Watt on Monday

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Coles will stop selling kitchen knives after the stabbing of one its employees in a south-east Queensland supermarket - an alleged assault that prompted the state's premier to promise further crackdowns on youth crime.

Claudia Campomayor Watt, 63, was allegedly stabbed in the back on Monday while working at a Coles in Ipswich's Yamanto Central shopping centre. The knife was taken from the supermarket's shelves.

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