The baby, who was taken from his mother’s shopping cart by an unknown woman in a supermarket, caused confusion on social media as it was videotaped. The case took place in South Africa on Monday (5), local website SA People reported.
In CCTV footage, when the woman appears, the baby’s parents can be seen with their backs to the stroller in an aisle in the freezer section. In a few seconds, he grabs the child in his arms, puts it on his lap, and leaves.
The video was posted on Twitter by Yusu Abramjee, a South African journalist and activist.
The woman was with an accomplice, who later carried the baby. Noticing the child’s absence, the parents immediately reported the child’s abduction to security.
The institution locked the doors and women were prevented from leaving the venue. Priscilla Naidu, a police officer in Port Elizabeth, the city where the crime was committed, claimed it was all a “joke” when they were arrested.
“The parents had their backs to the stroller and the boy was gone, and then the father turned and ran to the door when he saw that his baby was missing. The first woman pointed to the father as the guard closed them. The boy was with the second suspect and said, ‘They’re just playing,'” she explained.
similar situation
A similar case occurred in the country about two weeks ago. In the town of Alberton, near Johannesburg, a baby was removed from a shopping cart by a supermarket worker.
Anne Danielle Wolff reported on Facebook that the store’s security camera saw her daughter abducted. She placed it in the child seat of the shopping cart as she selected items from the chilled meat refrigerators.
But when he turned to open the glass door and bent down to pick up the meat, a store clerk calmly approached and took his baby from the shopping cart and left.
The mother immediately noticed the suspect’s movement and took the child from her arms and ran towards him. The man was arrested.
source: Noticias
