A nine-year-old girl was ‘snatched’ from outside Harrods while shopping with her parents – as police arrest a 56-year-old man on suspicion of kidnap.
The child was missing for three hours before police officers found her in the company of a man.
CCTV footage seen MailOnline shows the nine-year-old walking with a man at around 2.30pm outside the famous department store in Knightsbridge, London.
A spokesperson for the Metropolitan Police said that officers were alerted to reports of a ‘missing child’ at 2.44pm on Monday.
A nine-year-old girl was ‘snatched’ from outside Harrods while shopping with her parents – as police arrest a 56-year-old man on suspicion of kidnap
They said that the child had become separated from her family and that a photo of her was shown to officers.
The suspect was stopped by police at 5.40pm yesterday and was arrested before being taken to a West London police station.
The child and her family are being supported by specialist officers.
Police said they believe this to be an isolated incident with no other people involved.
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