Edmonton police are looking to the public for information after what they called an attempted abduction Wednesday morning.
Police were called to the southeast neighbourhood of Summerside at around 8:35 a.m. A nine-year-old boy was walking his dog in the area of 21A Avenue and 69 Street when he said he was approached by a man driving a white cargo van.
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The boy said the man got out of the van, opened the side door and asked the boy to get in.
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There was allegedly another boy inside who police said was possibly seven years old but didn’t appear to be in distress.
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The nine-year-old refused to get in the van and ran home, police said.
The driver is described as a clean-shaven man in his 20s wearing a blue hat, light blue shirt and blue jeans. He is between five feet 10 inches and six feet tall, police said.
The van was a white, Promaster-type cargo van with tinted windows and a caged rear interior. Police said it’s often used in trades or on industrial worksites.
Anyone with information on this file is asked to call police at 780-423-4567.
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