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Salzburg boy foils attempted abduction
A 10-year-old school boy had a narrow escape on Monday when a man tried to abduct him on his way home from school.
District police chief Arno Kosmata said today (Thurs) the incident occurred around noon in Niedernsill in Salzburg’s Pinzgau region.
A black Volkswagen van with Romanian license plates pulled up alongside the boy and the driver told him to get in. When he refused, the driver grabbed his arm and tried to drag him into the van.
The boy managed to break free, however, and ran away. The driver made no attempt to follow.
Kosmata said there had been no witnesses even though the incident had happened in the middle of the town.
"We take such incidents quite seriously and will continue our search for the driver," he said.
In 2005 there were five failed attempts to abduct schoolchildren by the driver of a black car in the Pinzgau. The car had Vienna license plates. A police investigation failed to find the person responsible.
Austrian Times
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