- The chilling incident was caught on CCTV in Berazategui, eastern Argentina
- The clip stars with a Fiat Linea pulling across the road slowly in dim light
- A man jumps out and grabs the teenage boy identified only as Sebastian
- After a wrestle the boy escapes, leaving his rucksack in one attacker’s hand
This is the shocking moment a 13-year-old boy escaped from two alleged kidnappers who pounced on him and tried to bundle him into their car.
The chilling incident was caught on CCTV in Berazategui, in the eastern Argentine province of Buenos Aires.
The clip shows a Fiat Linea pulling across the road slowly as the boy walks on the path beside it in dim light.
This is the shocking moment a 13-year-old boy escaped from two alleged kidnappers who pounced on him and tried to bundle him into their car
As it gets level with him, a man jumps out and grabs the boy, identified only as Sebastian, around the head.
Another man jumps out too and joins in trying to overpower Sebastian.
But after a wrestle the boy escapes, leaving his rucksack in one attacker’s hand.
As he sprints away, the pair get back in their car and it moves off, driven by an unseen third conspirator.
Sebastian’s mother, named only as Veronica, said that the incident had been an attempted abduction.
She added that the boy had been having psychological treatment since the attack.
Police say they are treating the incident as a robbery. They have so far made no arrests and the investigation is ongoing.
The chilling incident was caught on CCTV in Berazategui, in the eastern Argentine province of Buenos Aires