‘Purple bunny-like mask’: Man charged with trying to kidnap girl, 7, from B.C. school - BERITAJA

Police opportunity charges person been laid against a man successful the attempted abduction of a seven-year-old woman from an simple schoolhouse successful Chilliwack, B.C.

RCMP opportunity they are seeking witnesses to the attempted abduction connected the grounds of Chilliwack Central Elementary School connected Wednesday morning, including anyone who saw personification wearing a “purple bunny-like mask.”

Police opportunity they were called to the schoolhouse conscionable aft 9 a.m. aft a man allegedly tried to region the kid from the schoolhouse earlier a concerned personification intervened and brought her back.

RCMP opportunity the kid wasn’t injured, and the suspect, who was located nearby, was arrested and taken into custody.

The man has been charged pinch kidnapping a personification nether 16, and is owed to look successful tribunal connected Friday.

Police opportunity the man and the kid aren’t known to each other, and it’s an isolated incident.

Supt. Darren Pankratz, the serviceman successful complaint of the Chilliwack RCMP, said constabulary were taking the incident highly seriously.

“The information of children successful our organization is simply a cardinal priority, and we admit really concerning this type of arena is for families,” he said.

“We are moving intimately pinch the schoolhouse territory arsenic this investigation continues, and we convey the members of the nationalist who assisted successful ensuring the child’s information and helping constabulary quickly find and apprehension the suspect.”

Investigators want to talk to anyone who whitethorn person witnessed the incident betwixt Central Elementary School and the 46000 artifact of Margaret Avenue betwixt 8:30 a.m. and 9:15 a.m.