Two teenagers have been arrested for allegedly hitting a 61-year old Chinese shopkeeper with a rock in Tongatapu last weekend.
The suspects are aged 16 and 17 years respectively.
Kaniva News reports the victim remains in a critical condition in Vaiola Hospital.
Police said the teenagers entered a shop at Lapaha on Sunday night after they knocked on the door.
They pretended to buy cigarettes, Police said.
Once inside they allegedly hit the victim on her head with a rock and fled with cigarettes, cash and other items.
Police alleged the teens had been sniffing benzene before they committed the crime.
Locals took to social media to express their surprise at finding two police vehicles outside the shop on Sunday night.
They said the woman was fondly known as Malia Siaina.