Child, 2, ‘picked up from pram in attempted kidnap’ at busy store

A man has been arrested after a child was allegedly picked up from a pram in an attempted kidnapping at a busy east London store.

Police were called to TK Maxx on Bromley High Street yesterday to reports a man had picked up a two-year-old child of a pram.

He then turned to the child’s mother saying he will ‘take the child’.

The child was recovered and the suspect was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping.

Bromley MPS said: ‘On August 28, 2024, police were called to TK Maxx, Bromley where a suspect had picked up a 2 year old child out of a pram stating to the child’s mother that he will take the child.

‘The child was recovered. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of kidnapping and taken to custody.

‘The investigation is still ongoing.’

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