A man has been arrested after allegedly trying to snatch a toddler from their pram in a TK Maxx.
Police were called to the high street store in Bromley, southeast London on Wednesday following reports of an attempted kidnapping.
A suspect was arrested at the scene after ‘stating to the child’s mother that he will take the child’, the Metropolitan Police said.
The force said on X: ‘Suspect arrested in Bromley High Street.
‘On 28th August 2024, police were called to TK Maxx, Bromley where a suspect had picked up a 2 year old child out of a pram stating to the child’s mother that he will take the child.
The force confirmed that the child was recovered and that a suspect was arrested for Kidnapping.
He remains in custody and the investigation is ongoing.
