Parents reeling after attempted kidnapping
Published: 9 Dec 11 07:32 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/37830/20111209/
Parents in Falun, in central Sweden, are keeping closer tabs on their children after a man tried to drag a 13-year-old boy into a car on Thursday.
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According to the boy’s statements, the man tried to offer him a lift, and when he refused, the man tried to force him into the car.
However, the boy managed to struggle free, only sustaining some minor injuries and notified the school about what had happened. The school in their turn contacted the police.
When questioned by police, the boy said that he didn’t know the man, but that this was not the first time that the same individual had approached him.
An email containing information of what has happened was sent out to all parents in the town, and thousands of parents arrived at their children’s schools at the end of the day on Thursday.
“We were told by the principal that it was recommended. It doesn’t feel great that this has happened so close to the school. You’d rather be safe than sorry,” one parent told Sveriges Radio (SR).
“I thought it was a hoax at first. That this could happen here! Of course I am going to pick my child up after such an incident,” said another parent.
Police are currently looking for any information regarding the perpetrator, who was reportedly in his thirties or forties, wearing a green hat and driving a blue Volvo 360-40.
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Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrow.....etc.
A pity the youngster couldn't get a mobile picture of the car or get the reg.number. Or perhaps he did....and we haven't been told yet. Most youngsters are pretty smart nowadays.
Their are many gramatical errors and use of words that have no place in this article.
Perhaps the problem lies not in journalistic training but in linguistic difficulties. I am presuming that most of the stories in the Swedish press originate from a central source (like AP or Reuters for example) and would be in Swedish.
Oh, incidentally, your 'your' should have been "you're" if we want to be perfectly correct. And your 'their' should have been 'there'.
But, ok, maybe you have translation difficulties also which is why you are so quick to pick fault with others,huh?
Big thumbs up on that comment. Made my morning.
thx
#byke
Oh,and just in case you thought I had missed it - gramatical is spelt grammatical.
Just trying to help....!
Geddit?
If we were paying subsciptions for 'thelocal' then the sarcasm has the potential to be appreciated. Since we receive 'thelocal' free I see no good reason for it.
Of course, it would be nice to receive perfection in all things.
It would be nice also to believe your defence.It would be even nicer for folks to desist from nit.picking for a service that I have found over the years to be extremely helpful.
Just to be clear, I am not being sarcastic,ironic or indulging in satire.
For those in the area, the perpetrator also spoke Swedish with an accent and was dark-skinned. This was left out of the article, but might help in finding the person.
It was one of "those" people who cannot be described because of PC, or worse it might offend/deter others of the same ilk and and take away future possibilities of???
LOL