‘Selfless’ girls save 6-year-old from kidnapping attempt
Police in Washington are praising three “selfless” and “amazing” 11-year-old girls for thwarting an alleged kidnapping attempt after noticing that the 6-year-old victim “looked scared.” RadarOnline.com has learned.
On July 16 around 8:20 p.m., officers responded to an apartment complex in Kent regarding a kidnapping attempt in progress. Detectives on the front page reported.
The 911 caller said they “witnessed the man picking her up as she screamed and stated that the man did not appear to be a family member.”
Officers arrived within minutes of the call and were able to locate the suspect thanks to the caller’s “excellent description of the man,” police noted.
The suspect, 40 years old Hayder Albu Mohammedreportedly tried to “hurry away” but officers caught up to him and detained him, according to law enforcement.
Police said an ice cream truck pulled into the apartment complex not long before the 911 call.
The three 11-year-old girls were reportedly walking to the truck when they saw the suspect holding the wrist of a 6-year-old neighbor. The young girl’s brother reportedly called her over, but she “couldn’t break his hold.”
The little girl “looked scared” and Mohammed “pulled her forcibly,” police said. The girl told him to let her go, but he refused.
That’s when the 11-year-old girls intervened, as they began recording the incident on their phones. They then told the man to free her, but then he picked up the child and tried to “walk away quickly,” police said.
The girls then confronted Mohammed, asking if he knew her. When he told them he did, the little girl shook her head back and forth to indicate he was lying, officials said. Her parents later confirmed that they did not know the suspect.
Mohammed then put the girl down and the other three girls pulled her off him. He then fled as the girls took the victim to her apartment, officers said.
Mohammed was arrested and charged with kidnapping. He was booked into jail and held on $250,000 bond.
In a statement, Kent Police said: “The little girl is now safe, the man is in prison, and we are impressed beyond words by the maturity and protectiveness shown by these young girls. Without their intervention, the 911 caller’s excellent description of the suspect and the quick response of multiple KPD officers would have dramatically changed the outcome.”
