[ad_1]
Another baby has been snatched from a shopping trolley in South Africa, as the child’s parents had their backs turned for a few seconds. This time two women appear to have been involved in the shocking incident.
In a video posted by social cohesion advocate Yusu Abramjee, a woman in her fifties can be seen strolling calmly down the aisle in the freezer section of a Cash & Carry store in Gqeberha (formerly Port Elizabeth) as if shopping.
But when she gets to the trolley of the parents – a 23-year-old mum and 28-year-old dad – she suddenly outstretches her arms towards the toddler.
In just one second the baby is grabbed under the arms and whisked out of the trolley and into a “motherly cuddle” by the cool and collected, alleged kidnapper.
Then the woman – who was subsequently arrested before she could get out of the store, along with an alleged accomplice – walks away with the little girl.
Moments later the couple turn around to put some frozen food in their trolley and are horrified to see their daughter has been stolen. They scream loudly for help.
A one-year-old girl was snatched from a trolley at a cash and carry in Cleary Park, Gqeberha yesterday. Security was alerted and the child was found in the store. Police subsequently arrested two suspects. #Kidnappings pic.twitter.com/1ab7MT5PuN
— Yusuf Abramjee (@Abramjee) September 6, 2022
The quick-thinking father sprinted to the front doors of the store in Cleary Park to tell the security guards his baby had been snatched and the doors are locked.
Just as the doors slammed shut, a woman approached the distraught dad and pointed out her daughter being carried by her friend. She claimed it had all been a “joke”.
The parents – who have never seen the two women, aged 51 and 56, before – grabbed their daughter back and the security staff immediately called in the police.
Both women were arrested on suspicion of attempted kidnapping, and taken to the police station where they still maintained they were “just fooling about”.
Colonel Priscilla Naidu said that after reviewing the CCTV one of the women is seen passing by the trolley beforehand, and touching the baby’s head before walking away.
Colonel Naidu said: “Within seconds another female approached and in the blink of an eye snatched the child and walked away, as the parents were at the fridges.
“Their backs were to the trolley and the child was gone in a second, then the father turned around and saw his baby was missing and ran to the doors.
“As the guard was closing the doors the first woman pointed out to the father that the child was with the second suspect and said they were “just joking”.
“Two women aged 51 and 56 were detained while we investigate an alleged kidnapping,” she said.
Naidu said the two women and the parents did not know each other.
Just 18 days ago a similar snatch made UK headlines when mum-of-two Danielle Wolff posted a store CCTV on Facebook of her baby daughter being snatched at a different store in South Africa.
Married Danielle of Alberton, Johannesburg, was shopping in her local SuperSpar when she also was distracted while opening a freezer door to grab food.
With her back turned, a brazen store worker working in the butchery section grabbed her 8-month-old daughter and walked briskly away.
Mom Danielle turned back to the trolley and screamed when she realised her little girl was missing. She then saw her in the arms of the employee 20 feet away.
Danielle grabbed her baby back and reported it to store security and the employee Mduduzi Tholeba was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping by local police.
He appeared in court and was bailed and suspended from SuperSpar for allegedly snatching Danielle and her husband Bradley’s baby from a trolley.
The videos of the double attempted kidnappings have shocked South Africans, where baby and child trafficking is now big business.
Note: If any words/pics/video used please contact Jamie Pyatt News Ltd.
[ad_2]
Source link