PSNI investigate attempted abduction of boy

Police in Belfast are investigating the attempted abduction of an 11-year-old boy last night.

Police in Belfast are investigating the attempted abduction of an 11-year-old boy last night.

The boy was walking home from a youth club in the Twinbrook estate, in Dunmurray, at around 9.00 pm when a blue Ford Escort pulled up beside him.

Two masked men got out of the car and tried to grab the boy but he ran off.

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