eMBALENHLE – Police are calling on parents to educate their children to not trust strangers.
This came after a four-year-old girl was rescued from a man who was allegedly intending to traffic her recently.
The suspect was caught with the child at the Extension 19 cemetery by community members.
The mother of the girl told the police that her child requested money to buy chips at the tuck-shop.
The child was afraid of dogs in the neighbourhood and her mother asked her friend to go with her.
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The mother later realised the girl took too long and went to her friend’s house to look for her.
The friend told her that she had left the child at the shop.
The mother searched for her daughter. Someone told her she was walking with a man towards the cemetery.
Const Busi Mthethwa, police spokesman, said the mother went to the cemetery to look for her.
“When she saw her daughter, she screamed for help upon which the man ran away.
“The child allegedly followed the man, but stopped when she saw her mother.
“Members of the community chased the man and apprehended him.”
It is alleged that the suspect told the community members that he was going to sell the child.
