Reports circulating on social media indicate that a baby who had been traveling in a vehicle that was hijacked in Rosebank earlier today may have been left at Cresta Shopping Centre.
According to a message circulating online, the vehicle was a blue Toyota Corolla and was hijacked on the corner of Jellicoe and Jan Smuts avenues in Craighall Park.
The father said, he had a ‘feeling’ that the suspects had left the baby at Cresta.
A journalist is on the scene at Cresta Shopping Centre and indicates that there are several response vehicles present, as well as the father of the baby.
Cresta Shopping Centre management is aware of the current situation. Candice Mullins, of Bonfire Media, speaking on behalf of Cresta confirmed that their security guards were currently searching the centre for the baby.
UPDATE: 4.43pm
According to Sergeant Bongi Mdletshe, spokesperson for Rosebank Police Station, officers had been called to the scene of an alleged hijacking, however, when they arrived the complainant wan not present.
Mdletshe added that the officers had then been informed by the control room that the complainant had left the scene to go Cresta, which is where he believed the baby had been left.
Mdletshe confirmed that Rosebank police had not received a statement from the complainant and no case had been opened.
This is a breaking news story, more information will follow as soon as it becomes available.
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