A 6-year-old boy and a 7-year-old girl were abducted on Tuesday by their father from their grandmother's home in Drancy, in Seine-Saint-Denis. The track of the family conflict is explored but the intentions of the father, aged about thirty, were not known Thursday evening.

A boy and a girl were abducted on Tuesday by their father from their grandmother's home in Drancy, in Seine-Saint-Denis, announced the Paris police headquarters which has called for witnesses. The little boy, Abdelwahab, 6 years old, and his sister Saloua, 7 years old, were abducted at 5:15 a.m. on Thursday morning from their grandmother's, by their father "helmeted and dressed in black", the prefecture explained in a communicated.

An accomplice with the father

The father, accompanied by an accomplice, "violently seized two of his three children" present at the home of his ex-mother-in-law, then fled on foot before boarding a white vehicle , she said. At the time of the events, the two children were "barefoot and dressed only in panties", according to the prefecture.

# Call to Witnesses | The @prefpolice requests your assistance in the context of the abduction of 2 children.
Anyone capable of providing information allowing them to be located can contact:
During the day (9 am-7pm): 0141602936 or 0141603001
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The track of the family conflict is explored but the intentions of the father, aged thirty, were not known Thursday evening, according to a source familiar with the matter. "They are likely to go abroad, especially to Belgium, Germany or Algeria," warned the prefecture. Any witnesses can come forward from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on 01 41 60 29 36 or 01 41 60 30 01, and with Police Rescue, by calling 17.