Watch: Man tries to snatch toddler from mother in Italian supermarket
Man abruptly grabs child inside Italian supermarket
CCTV footage shows the moment a man allegedly tried to seize a one-year-old child at a supermarket in northern Italy on Saturday, February 14.
A man has been charged with attempted aggravated kidnapping after allegedly trying to snatch a one-year-old girl from her mother inside a supermarket in northern Italy.
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CCTV footage captured the shocking moment that occured on Saturday, February 14.
The footage shows the man forcefully seizing the girl as she was leaving the Esselunga supermarket in Bergamo with her mother, who fought to stop what authorities described as an attempted kidnapping, prompting a chaotic struggle as bystanders rushed to her aid.
According to authorities, the girl was taken to the hospital for evaluation, where doctors determined she had suffered a fractured femur in the incident.
What they're saying:
Italian State Police said that "responding officers quickly arrived to arrest the man."
"Subsequent investigations, including the collection of witness statements and analysis of video surveillance footage, allowed the judicial authorities to charge him with attempted aggravated kidnapping and aggravated assault," they said.
The Source: Storyful contributed to this report. The information in this story comes from Italian State Police, who detailed the incident in an official statement outlining the arrest, the charges filed, and the results of their investigation, including witness interviews and surveillance footage review. This story was reported from Los Angeles.