BESUT – A form three student was seriously injured after a kidnapping attempt went awry in Kampung Limbongan here yesterday.
In the 4.30pm incident, the girl was abducted by two men near the entrance of her school but the kidnappers’ car skidded and crashed about a kilometre away.
The duo, one 23 years and the other a 15-year-old school drop out, both from here, were nabbed by police about three hours later.
Besut police chief, DSP Noor Zainy Md Noor said a teacher who witnessed the incident alerted the police.
The girl put up a fight in the car causing the driver to lose control before it skidded and crashed into a ditch, he told reporters here Thursday.
The girl sustained serious injuries and was sent to the Besut Hospital before being transferred to the Kubang Kerian Hospital in Kota Baharu.
Noor Zainy said the suspects managed to flee but police caught up with them at a house in Kampung Alor Jejawi, about five kilometres from the scene of the incident, following a public tip-off.
Noor Zainy said police believed rape was the motive and that the same two suspects had tried to kidnap the victim once before, but also had failed.
In KOTA BAHARU, the girl’s father when approached by reporters at the hospital, said although his daughter had to suffer injuries, he was glad she did not fall prey to the kidnappers.
He said he rushed to Kota Baharu as soon as he got news of what had happened.-BERNAMA
