Teenage girl thwarts kidnap-rape attempt

A 13-year-old student claimed Wednesday to have been abducted and almost raped by the driver of a car which, police probers discovered, was registered to a television network.

The victim, a student of Ramon Magsaysay High School in Cubao, Quezon City, said that she was walking to school on Monday morning when she was grabbed and forced into a red car by a man.

Investigators of the Quezon City Police District (QCPD) Kamuning station said that while they have not identified the suspect, the teenager was able to take note of the vehicle’s license plate (ZRD 461). A check with the Land Transportation Office showed that the plates were issued to a Honda Jazz registered to GMA Network Inc.

But when police investigators tried to find out the network employee who was using at the car at the time of the supposed abduction, the security guards told them that the car had already been sold.

In her complaint, the victim said she was walking to school at 5:30 a.m. on Monday, near a bus terminal on New York Street in Cubao, when a red car stopped in front of her. The driver, she added, opened the door to the front passenger seat and asked her for directions.

He later grabbed her by the arm and forced her into the vehicle. The girl said that she begged the man to set her free but the driver suddenly parked the car by the side of the road and attempted to rape her.

She fought him off and started kicking at the dashboard as she cried for help. It was when the man apparently realized that the vehicle had been damaged that he ordered the girl to get out of the car.

As soon as she was out of the vehicle, the teenager took note of its license plate and went to the police to ask for help.