Overview
- Store surveillance captured a man grabbing a toddler as her family exited an Esselunga supermarket in Bergamo, northern Italy.
- The mother fought to keep hold of the child as shoppers and security intervened, with the father rushing from a trolley to help.
- Police detained the suspect at the scene and took him into custody on suspicion of aggravated kidnapping of a child under 14 and aggravated assault.
- Doctors say the child suffered a fractured femur and was hospitalized following the struggle.
- A police spokesperson praised the swift response by staff and bystanders, while reports identifying the suspect as a Romanian homeless man have not been formally confirmed by authorities.