Urgent warning for parents after two child predators in a white van chase a 12-year-old girl
- Two middle-aged white men have attempted to abduct a 12-year-old girl
- Driving a white van with dark windows they chased her as she walked home
- Police are now investigating incident and urging parents to be on the look out
Parents are being told to be on an urgent lookout for two accused child predators after they chased a 12-year-old girl as she walked home on Tuesday afternoon.
The girl had just got off a bus near Mosec Park in Ludmilla, an inner city suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, when two men pulled up beside her in a white van and asked her to get inside.
When the girl denied the middle-aged men they got out of their vehicle and began to chase her down the street.
The 12-year-old girl was approached by two middle-aged men in a white van as she walked near Mosec Park (pictured) in quiet suburb of Lidmulla in Northern Territory
Territory Duty Superintendent Shaun Gill said: ‘The men, travelling in a van offered her a lift home, when she refused both men exited the van and gave chase to her.’ The Courier Mail have reported.
‘The girl managed to hide and both men returned to the vehicle and left the location’.
Police are investigating the incident and are asking everyone to keep an eye out for the predators.
The suspected men are described as white and in their 30s or 40s.
The van they were seen driving is white with rust an dark curtains covering the windows.
People with any information are being urged to contact Police on 131 444 or Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
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