Police say four attempted child abduction cases in Melbourne not believed to be linked

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Police say four attempted child abduction cases in Melbourne not believed to be linked
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There does not appear to be any links between the recent spate of child abduction attempts across Melbourne, police said, but finding those responsible was one of their “highest priorities”. Four children aged between 10 and 15 were targeted by men driving white vans in the suburbs of Tullamarine, Blackburn, Doncaster and Boronia over the past two-and-a-half weeks. In each incident the men pulled up beside the children while they were walking and asked them to get into their van.

of vans seen in Blackburn and Tullamarine around the time of the incidents has been released by police. There is also a computer-generated image of the Blackburn suspect showing a Caucasian-looking man with dirty, matted, blond hair between the age of 30 and 40. The man involved in the Tullamarine abduction attempt has been described as Middle Eastern in appearance and about 50 years old with a thick accent.

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