An Augusta convenience store has been the target of robbers two times in eight days.

The robbers didn't get any money Wednesday night, but beat one of the store clerks so badly she had to be hospitalized. She suffered a broken nose and fractured skull.

In the latest robbery, three men ran into the Savin' Haven on Mike Padgett Highway armed with guns and demanded money.

The men tied one woman up and dragged another away and beat her.

NBC Augusta talked to a woman who works at the store who wanted to remain anonymous.

She knows first hand what it's like to be robbed. She was working when the Savin' Haven was robbed last week, but not Wednesday night.

However her daughter Mary was.

"To hear my co-worker screaming the way she was screaming and then my daughter just feeling helpless,” the woman said.

Even though the men didn't get away with any money, investigators are calling this a brutal attack.

"Either you're gonna take the money or you're not and to do what was done was nothing short of barbaric,” said Lt. Scott Peebles, Richmond County Sheriff’s Office.

Investigators said they are looking for anyone with information.

"I'm sure somebody has gone back and talked to somebody about this and we hope by offering a reward in this case that we can entice them and make them want to talk," said Peebles.

Investigators have arrested three suspects from last Tuesday’s robbery and say the crimes are not connected.

If you have any information about Wednesday night’s robbery call the Richmond County Sheriff's Office at (706) 821-1080.