5-year-old girl kidnapped outside Vanderbijlpark school
Police are investigating a case of kidnapping after a 5-year-old girl was abducted outside Kollegepark Primary in Vanderbijlpark on Monday morning.
Gauteng police spokesperson Kay Makhubele says the girl was taken by four men driving in a a white Toyota Fortuner.
The Grade R pupil, now identified as Amy-Lee de Jager, was last seen wearing a pink dress, white shirt and black stockings.
Makhubele says police have not been able to locate the child.
"She was just dropped outside the school then they pushed the 5-year-old boy who was with her and they took the 6-year-old girl. It was her brother and she was with her mother.”
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Police are calling for anyone with more information to come forward.
"We are investigating a case of kidnapping."
Management at the school also confirmed the incident but were unable to provide any more details.
KIDNAPPING : KOLLEGEPARK PRIMARY SCHOOL. VANDERBIJLPARK. GP. AMY-LEE DEJAGER. GRADE R LEARNER. DRESSED IN PINK DRESS, WHITE SHIRT & BLACK TIGHTS. TAKEN BY 4 B/M PERPS IN THIS WHITE FORTUNER. ANY INFO CALL 10111 OR NEAREST POLICE. pic.twitter.com/QSUVsHCl6q
— REZA (@crimeairnetwork) September 2, 2019