A DISTURBING report of an attempted child abduction in Mandurah is being investigated by police.
The report, posted on a Facebook crime watch page on Friday, warns people to be on the lookout for up to three men who tried to snatch a young girl off her bike in a central Mandurah street.
The incident reportedly happened at 3.45pm on Reserve Drive.
The Facebook user, who identified herself as a family friend of the girls involved in the incident, wrote that the girls were riding home from school when a small, white, two-door hatchback being driven by a man mounted the kerb nearby.
A male passenger reportedly grabbed the eight-year-old girl before her 11-year-old sister “yanked on her for dear life”.
The report said the man tried to pull the younger girl into the vehicle through a window.
Police were notified about the incident and have spoken with the girls involved.
A spokesperson said officers were investigating the circumstances.
The Facebook user described the car as ‘pretty scratched up with an old school yellow number plate’.
The driver was reported to have a shaved head and a brown, long-sleeved jumper on while the passenger had blonde hair and was wearing a blue t-shirt.
A backseat passenger was described as having brown hair and a white and green baseball cap and an ear piercing.
Anyone with information about this incident or similar incidents are asked to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
