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Shocking moment young mum is dragged from her car by knife thugs as she begs to let her save her toddler in the back
THIS is the harrowing moment a mum was dragged out of her car by knife thugs as she desperately begged to get her toddler out the back.
Shocking footage shows one of the yobs pulling the mum from her Alfa Romeo before two accomplices rush over.
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She can be heard screaming "let me get my kid, let me get my kid" as one of the thugs grabs her arm.
The mum then makes her way to the side of the car to grab her two-year-old son as the thieves clamber into the motor.
She barely has time to get the toddler out of the car before the heartless louts drive off with the door still open.
The mum can be seen stood looking shaken on the side of the road in Manchester with her baby.
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Her mother posted the footage on social media in a bid to catch the three knifemen.
She said her daughter and grandson are both OK but "really shook up".
The gran added: "Does anybody know who these 3 lads are please?
"Around 7 o'clock tonight they dragged my daughter out of her car with a knife to her throat and took the car barely giving her chance to get her 2 year old out of the car, she's traumatised.
"Pease if anybody has any information I can pass to the police I would be really grateful".
Mum Mandy, 39, added: “I am so proud of her and of how she protected her baby. Fingers crossed we get the b******s.”
Courtney, 26, of Gorton, Manchester, wrote: “I really thought I was going to get stabbed as there was no way I was willingly leaving the car with my baby in there.”
Horrified viewers have slammed the thugs after the video was posted on social media.
One said: "Horrible nasty cowards targeting a young girl and her baby, thank god your daughter and grandchild were not physically harmed hope they catch the b******s".
Another said: "Omg this is shocking . Really hope she is okay xx".
While one wrote: "WOW!! How on earth can 3 guys target a lone girl and her 2 year old son like that!!
"Absolutely disgusting the fact not one of them told the other to stop shows there all horrible cowards!!
"I hope this girl and her little one is ok!! I feel sick just watching it! Her screams say it all the poor thing!"
Greater Manchester Police confirmed they were called to the "armed theft" at around 7.10pm yesterday.
Police found the car abandoned a mile from the scene of Thursday’s 7pm robbery and are hunting the crooks.
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They said the mum and child are "both safe and well" and confirmed there were no injuries.
Police also said there had been no arrests.
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Detective Sergeant Helen Fletcher of GMP's Operation Valiant, said: "Understandably, this was a frightening and shocking incident and officers from GMP's Operation Valiant team are working around the clock and following multiple positive lines of enquiry in order to bring the offenders to justice."
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