Attempted Kidnapping at ESF Kindergarten

[Editor1]

There was an attempt to kidnap at ESF Kindergarten yesterday. Fortunately, no other children were injured during the incident.

A kidnap attempt on the daughter of a barrister who was recently awarded HK$1.2 billion in an acrimonious divorce ruling was foiled yesterday.



Thursday, April 26, 2012

A kidnap attempt on the daughter of a barrister who was recently awarded HK$1.2 billion in an acrimonious divorce ruling was foiled yesterday.

The suspected kidnap bid happened near the ESF International Kindergarten (Hillside) on Stubbs Road about 3.50pm.

Four men, armed with what looked like pistols and knives, surrounded a seven-seater vehicle soon after the girl got in.

Her quick-witted driver, a 60-year- old woman, used the vehicle's central locking system to stop them.


From the HKStandard
The Standard - China's Business Newspaper

 

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From RTHK:

Police are hunting for four men who are said to have attempted to abduct a four-year-old girl from a vehicle outside an ESF kindergarten yesterday afternoon. The commissioner, Andy Tsang, said they are focussing on robbery as the motive, instead of kidnapping. The school issued a notice to parents saying the incident involved "personal matters".
Newspaper reports say the four suspects tried to surround the girl and her grandmother outside the school on Stubbs Road, but fled after a teacher from a neighbouring ESF school shouted at them.

Mr Tsang said that if the case was treated as a kidnap, some possible motives and other likely victims may be overlooked. The suspects are believed to be from outside Hong Kong, and initial findings showed that the victims did not know them.