Saw this on CTV News earlier today - couldn't believe how seriously messed up this is.
Attempted baby-snatching - 12-year-old girl & 14-year-old boy charged
A Toronto mother managed to thwart the attempted abduction of her daughter by hunching over and wrapping her arms around the child, police said Friday. A 12-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy face numerous charges.
The incident unfolded late Thursday night, Toronto police said, when a girl and boy allegedly approached the woman in Scarborough, physically assaulted her and tried to make off with her daughter.
"I'm scared," the 29-year-old mother told CTV Toronto's Austin Delaney. "They wanted my baby."
When speaking to media Friday, the mother covered her face, because she feared her toddler was still in danger.
"They said they were coming back, and I'm scared, very scared," she said.
The woman was walking with her toddler at 10:45 p.m. on Guildwood Parkway, southwest of Kingston Road when she was attacked. She was on her way home from Scarborough's Guildwood GO Station.
A boy and girl approached the mother and her child from behind, and allegedly told her to hand over her 21-month-old toddler, along with her cellphone, and money.
Police say the two suspects knocked her to the ground, and then proceeded to kick and punch her.
In a message on Twitter, police said the mother "turtled" around her daughter, hunching over to protect her during the attack.
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