A daytime shopping trip turned into a terrifying ordeal after an unidentified man attempted to snatch a five-year-old girl at Vangate Mall on Saturday morning, reports Cape town Etc .
According to police spokesperson Captain Frederick Van Wyk, the attempted kidnapping unfolded at around 10:30am, while the childs mother was walking hand-in-hand with her daughter.
A mom was walking with her 5-year-old daughter at a shopping mall in Athlone, holding her hand, when an unidentified male came and tried to pull the child away from her, confirmed Van Wyk.
