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Parents urged to remain calm amid abduction scares
Concerned teachers and politicians have asked parents to stay calm but remain vigilent in the wake of three abduction scares.
Parents have been on red alert this week after a three abduction scares from outside primary schools Surbiton, Tolworth and Worcester Park. Grand Avenue head teacher Margret Barrington said a letter was being sent out to parents today Thursday, May 24. Mrs Barrington said the school was being extra vigilant.
The first thwarted attempt took place at Grand Avenue Primary School, Surbiton, on Thursday, May 17, where a man and woman allegedly approached a girl getting water from a fountain.
Police believe a man wearing a woolly hat then tried to grab a young boy outside Knollmead Primary School, Tolworth, at about 9.10am on Monday, May 21, but the boy managed to struggle free and escape.
A third incident took place hours later as children streamed out of a Worcester Park primary school at the end of the school day at about 3.10pm.
Police believe there is a link between the first two incidents and have not ruled out a link with the third.
Surbiton and Kingston MP Edward Davey praised the strong reaction from Kingston police and the council. Councillor Andrea Craig, education spokesperson for the conservatives, has a child at a primary school in Kingston. She has advised parents to have a “pre-emptive” talk with their children in case they are approached by a stranger.
A Kingston primary school teacher, who asked not to be named, said it was important to remain on the lookout for suspicious strangers not to panic the children.
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