Woman escapes kidnap bid in KL's Bangsar

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Walking along a main road in Bangsar in broad daylight, the last thing Tina (name changed) expected was to be grabbed from behind with a knife held to her neck.

The traumatised 28-year-old legal adviser said she was approaching the junction of the Jalan Maarof traffic lights near the Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq Mos­que when she was attacked at 6pm last Friday.

"I could feel the knife although I couldn't see it under my collar. I fought him off with both hands while screaming at him," she said, adding that her attacker, who looked foreign, had been in a grey Toyota Vios.

Her case, described as an attempted kidnapping, was posted on the Malaysian Crime Awareness Campaign Facebook page and was shared 531 times as of 6pm yesterday.

She said her attacker had not attempted to grab her handphone or handbag and he and his accomplice had made an illegal U-turn and sped off towards the city centre after the failed kidnapping attempt.

Shockingly, Tina said no one had really tried to help her although several cars stopped at the red light.

A couple in a black Toyota Alphard finally came to her assistance and took her to the Pantai Hospital Kuala Lumpur, as well as calling a policeman to record her statement there.