Police have released a third image of a man they are searching for in connection with the abduction of a six-year-old girl, as parents are urged to be “extra vigilant”.
The child, who police previously said was seven, was allegedly taken by a man into a wooded area near a disused railway track in Droylsden, Greater Manchester, just after 4pm on Wednesday.
She was safely reunited with her family a short time later.
Tameside Police Detective Superintendent Richard Hunt said the man “obviously grabbed a child” and it is believed that he “sexually assaulted her”.
“A child was playing in this area and a chap who was hanging around has taken a child and thankfully within a few minutes we’ve got her back,” he added.
“Parents need to consider the circumstances of what I have mentioned, and I would suggest they need to be extra vigilant with their children whilst we progress this as quickly as possible.”
A search for the man featured in the CCTV images is continuing, with a large police presence still in the area.
A 35-year-old man – not the man pictured – was arrested on Wednesday, but has since been released.
