[UPDATE] The baby has been found at Taman Tasik Titiwangsa! He is safe with the authorities.
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A 20 month-old baby has been kidnapped from his home in Bangsar yesterday evening. Freddy, as the baby is called was kidnapped by a machete-weilding couple driving a WHITE TOYOTA CAMRY bearing the registration BKP 4386.
Freddy, The boy that has been kidnapped!
According to a local news website, the baby of a British expatriate taken from the house with the mother nearby. The mother, Sarah Joesph, was slashed fighting back.
CCTV footage obtained from a neighbor’s house showed a white car driving past Sarah’s double-storey link in Jalan Terasek 7 at around 6pm before making a U-turn. A man came out of the car, put on a baseball cap and spectacles before walking towards the house.
A few moments later, the man was seen running to the car with a baby in his arms. The passenger door of the car was then opened by somebody inside, to whom the man passed the baby to.Sarah was seen running after the man, screaming. Two passers-by then went to her aid and managed to pull Freddy half out of the car.
However, the man came out and threatened them with the machete. Sarah was then seen clinging onto the car when it drove off. She was dragged for a few metres before she finally fell down.
It is believed that the person in the car was a woman, who was wearing a niqab (a Muslim veil that covers the face, showing only the eyes).
The 38-year-old Sarah, who is believed to be separated from her husband, is still too traumatized to speak to the press.
The police have gone to her house and spent over two hours dusting for fingerprints and looking for leads into the case.
Members of the public are urged to come forward to keep watch and call the police if they spot any unusual or suspicious activity.