Local authorities in the central city of Danang have recently warned parents and students about the rising number of cases where students were kidnapped in the city.
Two victims
Kidnappers often wander around primary schools when schools finish and claimed to be the students’ relatives to pick them up.
On April 1, a student of the fourth grade of a primary school in Thanh Khe District was walking home after school when a man riding on a scooter claimed to be the student’s relative, picked up the student and ran away.
The student, however, tried to resist and was screaming on the way, forcing the kidnapper to drop the student before fleeing.
The school’s principal has confirmed that they received a claim from the student’s family and reported the case to the district office of education and training.
Earlier on March 3, another kidnapping case was recorded in the same district.
While two students of the third grade were waiting for relatives to pick them up, two face-masked young men riding on a motorbike approached them, and claimed to be their relatives and picked them up.
When these students resisted and screamed, these men shut them up by cloth and took them to a deserted alley waiting for another young man. These men robbed the two students of their jewelry and ran away.
The students’ families have reported the case to local police to call for help and police are investigating into the case.
