Extraordinary CCTV has captured the dramatic moment parents chased and confronted a trio accused of abducting their young son at a skate park.
The 10-year-old boy was allegedly ‘forcibly’ kidnapped by two men armed with machetes and a woman at Adventure Park, in Woodridge, south of Brisbane, on Saturday afternoon.
One man allegedly forced the boy into the back seat of his Jeep and drove off after the child threw a rock at the vehicle.
The boy’s shocked parents jumped into their cars and followed the accused kidnapper’s car.
Two vehicles were captured on CCTV pulling into a street to block the jeep’s exit before a violent confrontation erupted.
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-old’s 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 repeatedly yelled ‘that’s my son!’
The three occupants of the Jeep then jumped out allegedly armed with machetes and a fight 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.
Acting Deputy Police Commissioner Chris Stream said: ‘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.’
‘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.’
The fight that broke out was violent with the father knocked unconscious and the child’s mother left with a broken leg
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