A gang of carjacking thugs smashed a mom’s car in broad daylight as her seven-year-old son screamed.
A nurse’s son, aged 7, watched on in terror as a masked gang attacked her Audi Q5 in Bromford street, Birmingham. The hooded trio, one of whom wielded a machete from his waistband, tried to smash their way into the $46,000 car.
CCTV footage recorded the moment the three hooded men smashed a mom’s car at around 5 pm as the mother and son prepared to go to the supermarket.
The victim tries to reverse in a desperate bid to escape as one of the men hammers against the window. The first strike bounced off but the second one shattered the glass.
Despite the “nightmare ordeal” unfolding, the mom managed to perform a three-point turn while the assailants try to grab onto the car. The assailants lose grip as the mom turns the car around and she and her seven-year-old son escape unharmed.
The car was severely damaged in the terrifying incident. The thugs remain at large but police are investigating the brazen attack. The mom feared the thugs would have “really hurt” her and her son, had they gained access. The mom and her child are now trying to cope with the “unimaginable trauma”.
Speaking from her home, the mom, who wants to remain anonymous, said: “It’s traumatizing, we are all a little bit naïve in the fact that we don’t think it’ll happen to us. But it stays with you. I’m so paranoid now. Every little noise my son is jumping at.
“He’s running from the door, he doesn’t want to go to school, he doesn’t want to leave the house. We can’t go to the shop. I’m too scared to walk to the shop now, too scared to walk the dog. We’re going to be prisoners in our own home,” she added.
The mom says she spotted the three boys in the street ahead of the attempted carjacking. Recalling the incident while choking back tears, she shared: “They made me feel uncomfortable and unsettled so I was trying to get my cameras up on my phone. As I was doing that they came behind to the side of the window and tried to grab hold of the door.”
She continued: “When they realized the door was locked, they tried smashing the window. Whatever the weapon was I think they expected it should smash straight away on the first go, but as you can see, it bounces off the window.”
“One of them had a machete which he retrieved from his waistband. My son was screaming: “Mom, drive, drive mum!” I remember saying to him: “I’m trying, I’m trying”. I don’t know how we managed to get away, I really don’t,” she added.
Once she managed to escape, she said she parked up down the road, immediately dialed 999, and waited for someone to arrive. She has since shared the chilling footage on Facebook in an urgent appeal for information.
West Midlands Police asked anyone with information to contact them and help solve the terrifying incident.
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