The Edmonton Police Service is looking for a man suspected to trying to abduct a teenage girl in northwest Edmonton last week, who may also be the suspect in a public indecency case two days prior.
On Friday, May 9 around 9 a.m., police said a 15-year-old girl was walking near 145 Avenue and 125 Street in the Baranow neighbourhood, when a man who was allegedly urinating outdoors noticed the girl and began to walk towards her.
The man, who police said reportedly appeared to be intoxicated, grabbed the teen’s arm and attempted to drag the girl across the street.
The girl was able to escape the man’s grasp and run away. She was on her way to school at the nearby Edmonton Islamic Academy, where the principal said the rattled teen came to his office to report the encounter.
“She was under some distress and she informed me that she had faced a very unusual situation where a strange man had approached her, had grabbed her by the wrist and attempted to pull her into his vehicle,” said EIA principal Abraham Abougouche.
“She was a Grade 10 high school student. She able to fight him off and escape his grasp and run away to safety.”
FULL STORY: https://globalnews.ca/news/11180515/edmonton-attempted-abduction-may-2025/
Police Release: https://www.edmontonpolice.ca/News/MediaReleases/attemptedabductionMay14
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