{"id":64139,"date":"2025-04-30T23:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T23:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64139\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T23:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T23:14:13","slug":"urgent-appeal-after-man-tried-to-abduct-four-year-old-in-birmingham-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/64139\/","title":{"rendered":"Urgent appeal after man tried to abduct four-year-old in Birmingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man tried to grab a four-year-old&#8217;s arm as he walked along Bristol Road South<a class=\"Badge_badge-link__41H_0 \" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/\" data-testid=\"badge-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35 __className_71e76b\"> birminghammail.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>18:57, 30 Apr 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/bristolroad-southJPG.jpg\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Bristol Road South, Longbridge<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">An investigation is underway after a man tried to grab a child&#8217;s arm on a major commuting route.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The four-year-old infant was walking with a female along Bristol Road South in Longbridge when they were approached by a male, around 11.30am today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The man then attempted to grab the child\u2019s arm but was stopped by the woman.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/news\/midlands-news\/thugs-film-themselves-smashing-way-31534904\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More: Thugs film themselves smashing their way through community centre<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">He is then said to have fled towards McDonalds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The child was not injured and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/all-about\/west-midlands-police\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">West Midlands Police<\/a> are supporting the child and their family as try to trace the person involved.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">CCTV is being reviewed and officers have been speaking to people in the area as our investigations continue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Insp Matt Shaw from <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Birmingham<\/a> Police, said: \u201cWe understand how distressing the incident will be to the community but rest assured we are taking this incredibly serious.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe are appealing for anyone who was in the vicinity at the time to speak to us if you haven\u2019t already.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone who saw happened or has door-bell, CCTV or dashcam footage is being urged to contact the force immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.birminghammail.co.uk\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=67ec6fc9-65d2-4b0c-b55e-ee73660ce693&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"[object Object]Link opens in a new tab.\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"Strong_strong__e2x35\">Get the latest BirminghamLive news direct to your inbox<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">&#8220;We&#8217;d ask everyone in the area to support us by coming forward with any information they may have and to check door-bell cameras or dashcams in their cars, for any footage which may assist our enquiries.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe have stepped up our patrols in the area. If you see officers out and about and have any concerns please speak to us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Anyone with any information is asked to contact us via Live Chat on our website or call 101 quoting 20\/225234\/25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man tried to grab a four-year-old&#8217;s arm as he walked along Bristol Road SouthNews birminghammail.co.uk 18:57, 30&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64140,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7820],"tags":[855,748,188,393,4884,16,15,7830],"class_list":{"0":"post-64139","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-birmingham","8":"tag-birmingham","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-crime","11":"tag-england","12":"tag-great-britain","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom","15":"tag-west-midlands-police"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114429458074419392","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64139\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}