Shocking video: Egyptian child kidnapped from his mother by man on tuk-tuk

Published May 7th, 2025 - 12:13 GMT
Egyptian child kidnapped from his mother
The moment an Egyptian child is kidnapped from his mother. (Video screenshots/ Facebook)

ALBAWABA - A video has gone viral in a rapid time and shaken the Egyptian community after a child was kidnapped from the hands of his mother in daylight.

In the clip, the little boy was along with his mother and sisters when a man on a Tuk-Tuk car passed by and grabbed the Egyptian child and fled the scene. 

The 51-second video showed a woman holding the hands of her son on the right side and two other girls on the left side when a fast tuk-tuk car was seen via a street camera with a man pictured carrying the child and escaping.

Egyptian child

(Screenshot from Facebook showing the moment an Egyptian child is kidnapped)

The mother was seen running after the car which kidnapped her little boy and tried to stop it. Other women were also seen in the clip running after the tuk-tuk car to help the Egyptian woman.

The day and the area where the incident took place are still unknown, as no official Egyptian media or party has yet reported the kidnapping incident.

Some social media users claimed that the person on the tuk-tuk car who kidnapped the Egyptian child was his father and that the mother and father are facing a dispute. 

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