Child abduction attempts reported at schools

CHILD abduction attempts have been reported at two South Wales primary schools, including one in Swansea.

The incidents took place over a few days last week, which led to warnings to make parents and children vigilant.

At Clwyd Primary School in Penlan, Swansea, reports have been circulating over an incident on Wednesday, May 11.

It is claimed a woman had been spotted “hanging around the school gates for months” and made an attempt to take a child away from its parents. An account read: “Luckily the parent acted quickly and got the child away from her. Later on the same morning she physically gripped a little girl from the school by the arm and was trying her hardest to pull her away from the little girl’s mother, screaming ‘She’s not your daughter, she’s mine, she’s coming with me’. There were parents, teachers and children present and physically had to pull this woman off the little girl and mother.”

The other incident took place in the Bridgend area on Monday, May 9, at Litchard Primary School in Bridgend.

Another primary school explained how the council had informed them of what happened in order to alert parents and pupils to be vigilant.

The Litchard incident saw a man try to get a young boy into a car, purporting to be a friend of his mother. The post from the primary school added: “The child looked at their phone and the car drove off. The incident has been reported to the police and we will be reinforcing age appropriate messages to our pupils.”

A police spokeswoman said: “South Wales Police is aware of and investigating a report of a suspicious incident which occurred at 11.40am on Wednesday, May 11, outside Clwyd Primary School, Penlan.

“Officers are carrying out enquires and are not looking for anyone else in connection to this incident. Anyone with information is asked to contact South Wales Police quoting occurrence 2200156531.” The spokeswoman added the two incidents are not being treated as linked.