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Man Arrested for Attempted Child Abduction in Kiryat Gat
A 40-year-old man was arrested in Kiryat Gat on Friday after attempting to abduct a three-year-old girl from her stroller. The suspect forcibly grabbed the child and fled, prompting her father to immediately give chase. The father caught up to the suspect after dozens of meters and successfully rescued his daughter, despite the suspect's aggressive attempts to retain his grip on her and pull her away again.
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What happened
- 01A 40-year-old mentally impaired man was arrested on Friday for attempting to abduct a three-year-old girl from her stroller in Kiryat Gat.
- 02The girl's father pursued the suspect for dozens of meters and successfully rescued his daughter from his grasp.
- 03The suspect reportedly tried to pull the child away from her father a second time even after the rescue.
- 04The suspect had been released four days prior with restrictive conditions, including a restraining order from the same family.
- 05During police interrogation, the suspect claimed he mistakenly believed the people with the child were not her parents and that he was helping her.
- 06A court extended the suspect's detention until Tuesday to allow for a psychiatric evaluation and the completion of the investigation.
The suspect, described as mentally impaired and exhausted, had been questioned in a separate case just four days prior to the incident. Following that investigation, he was released under restrictive conditions, which included a court-ordered restraining order requiring him to stay away from the same family.
During his interrogation, the suspect claimed he did not intend to harm or abduct the child, asserting that he mistakenly believed the people with her were not her parents and that he was trying to intervene to help her. A court extended his detention until Tuesday to allow police to continue their investigation and to conduct a psychiatric evaluation.
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