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Date Published: 02/02/2023

Two men attempt to kidnap 8-year-old girl in Orihuela

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The alleged attempt occurred in broad daylight on Orihuela's Camino Viejo de Bigastro

Two men attempt to kidnap 8-year-old girl in Orihuela

The National Police are investigating the attempted kidnapping of an eight-year-old girl on the Camino Viejo de Bigastro in Orihuela last weekend.

The alleged incident happened at around 12.30pm on Sunday, January 29, when two Spanish men, believed to be in their 50s, reportedly tried to coerce the schoolgirl into a white van with a dent to the passenger door.

Details have been made public through a document distributed by the Family and Women's Care Unit (UFAM) through social networks.

It states that the men claimed to know the young girl's parents and told her to get into the van.

"The frightened girl screamed and managed to run home where she told her mother what had happened."

The child's mother immediately called 091, but when police arrived, there was no sign of the suspects or any witnesses.

Although information has been shared by UFAM, the Natoinal Police in Alicante say the document shared is purely internal.

However, they have confirmed that "the relevant investigative steps are being carried out to clarify the reality of the child's story" and "until these inquiries are completed, no further information will be given".

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