UPDATE:
The primary school pupil who was reportedly abducted outside the entrance of Laerskool Barberton this afternoon, has not yet been identified.
Witness statements are being obtained as the search continues.
Two pupils of the school reported that they had seen the girl being abducted by an unknown man after school. It is believed that she is in grade one. However, her fellow pupils were unable to identify her by name.
The police, security companies and community members are currently searching for the girl. “However, the fact that she has not yet been reported missing by parents or guardians and consequently not identified, makes the task difficult,” Bossie’s Community Justice’s Mr Albert Gryvenstein said.
BARBERTON – Community members in Barberton have joined the search for a grade one pupil of Laerskool Barberton who was said to have been abducted about an hour ago.
SAPS, Hi-Tech Security Barberton and Bossies Community Justice are currently searching for the girl.
The alleged abduction was reported by two of the girl’s classmates.
“They said their friend was forced into a blue Volkswagen Polo by an unknown man,” someone who is close to the search told Lowvelder.
“According to the girl’s two classmates, he was not familiar to them and they described him as ‘unkempt.”
Mr Sakkie Dednam from Hi-Tech Security Barberton said they were authorised by the police to stop and search all vehicles that fit the description.
The school principal Mr Robert Naude was not available for comment.
Lowvelder will post additional information as it becomes available.
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