Witness: Men beat girl yelling ‘help me’ in Gold Coast ‘abduction’
A woman has been found by detectives after a terrifying late night incident described by a witness as an “abduction”, with four people now assisting police.
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A WOMAN has been found safe by detectives after a terrifying incident late last night described as an “abduction” of a girl screaming “help me” and dragged into a car.
Four people are assisting police with their inquiries, although the finer details of the alleged incident remains unclear.
No charges have been laid at this point, with the alleged victim yet to talk with detectives.
A witness reported hearing a bloodcurdling cry of a woman being beaten up and dragged into a car.
The witness, a Gold Coaster who lives in a Chevron Island tower, said what he saw looked like an “abduction” in the street.
He told The Bulletin he almost could not believe what he was seeing from his tower balcony after screams alerted him just after 10.30pm.
He saw a woman begging for help repeatedly as at least two men forcibly dragged her into a car, he said. It sped off over the Chevron Island bridge towards the Gold Coast Highway and nearby Surfers Paradise, he said.
“It was impossible to ignore the screaming. It was someone screaming out for help. They were assaulting her to get her into the car, punching her to get into the car. She screamed ‘Help me, help me, help me’.
“It was nuts, it was unbelievable. You’re thinking no way, that’s not happening, this can’t be what I think it is, but they were beating this girl up and dragging her into a car.
“Hopefully they find her.”
The witness said the car sped off with the woman inside it before more than about 20 people including himself from nearby residences descended on the street and police also arrived at the scene.
The witness said he was unable to see identifying aspects of the vehicle as it was too far away but he said the police helicopter appeared to have started a search in the nearby area soon after.
“The street was just lined with police, four to five, six police cars, interviewing different people.”
A Queensland Police spokesman confirmed to the Bulletin police were called to an incident in Surfers Paradise about 10.45pm but would not comment further.
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