Chilling moment man lunges out of a hedge and grabs young woman during attempted abduction in Melbourne
Daily MailA young woman bravely fought off her would-be-kidnapper only hours after the attempted abduction of a 12-year-old girl in a suburb nearby. The 20-year-old woman had just gotten off a bus when she was grabbed from behind by a young man who police are still hunting. CCTV captured the moment the unidentified man approached the young woman from behind The young woman managed to free his grip before her attacker turned and ran away 'Investigators would like to speak to the driver of a dark-coloured 4WD that was in the area at the time and might have witnessed the incident,' police said. 'I write to alert you to a reported incident concerning an adult approaching a student from our campus and asking them to get into their vehicle,' the school's deputy principal Meg Adem wrote.
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