Woodridge abduction: Parents chase down machete-wielding kidnappers who allegedly snatched their 10-year-old son from a skate park south of Brisbane
Extraordinary CCTV has captured the dramatic moment parents chased and confronted a trio of armed kidnappers accused of abducting their young son at a popular skate park before they were injured in a shocking altercation.
The 10-year-old boy was allegedly ‘forcibly’ kidnapped by a man at Adventure Park, in Woodridge, south of Brisbane on Saturday afternoon.
The man allegedly forced the boy into the back seat of his jeep and drove off after the child reportedly threw a rock at the vehicles moments earlier.
The boy’s shocked parents jumped into their cars and followed the accused kidnapper’s vehicle.
Two vehicles were captured on CCTV pulling into a street to block the jeep’s exit as the street descended into chaos.
The boy’s father ran up to the Jeep and confronted the alleged kidnappers in dramatic scenes
The occupants of the Jeep were allegedly brandishing machetes and fought with the 10-year-olds parents
Screams could be heard as the boy’s father raced up to the jeep and tried to open the door.
The 10-year-old’s mother can be heard repeatedly yelling ‘that’s my son!’
Three occupants inside the jeep then jumped out allegedly armed with machetes.
A melee broke out between the boy’s parents and his alleged kidnappers.
The mother was heard yelling: ‘Someone help, help. They stole my kid’.
The boy’s 35-year-old father was knocked unconscious while his mother’s leg was run over, 9 News reported.
The altercation lasted just under five minutes.
The boy was retrieved from the back seat and reunited with his parents as the Jeep sped away.
The alleged kidnappers were arrested nearby a short time later.
Tauvela Soe, 27, of Woodridge, was charged with kidnapping and assault occasioning bodily harm.
He will reappear in court on June 10.
Another Woodridge man, 22, and a Kingston woman, 29, were also charged with kidnapping and assault occasioning bodily harm and will appear in Beenleigh Magistrates Court on May 16.
The boy wasn’t injured in the incident.
The fight that broke out was violent with the father knocked unconscious and the child’s mother left with a broken leg. After just under five minutes, the boy was out of the car and safe
Police investigations continue.
and reported by The Courier Mail: ‘There will be a number of allegations which police will allege occurred involving interactions between those three persons, a 10-year-old child and also persons (who) were related to that 10-year-old child,’ Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Chris Stream told reporters.
‘Currently they’re allegations but obviously, really scary for a child to be involved in that type of (alleged) incident – as you would appreciate also very scary for parents involved, having a child allegedly abducted.’
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