He appears to attempt to abduct the girl but runs away after a dog appears and starts to bark.Ī suspect, who has 15 past convictions, was arrested shortly afterwards, said Frederique Porterie, Bordeaux’s state prosecutor. Just as they try to shut the front door, a lurking man pounces, violently grabs both victims and hurls them to the ground. Security camera footage posted on social media, which went viral, show the pair standing at a doorstep, which police say was the home of the woman’s son. On Monday, the grandmother, 73, and her granddaughter, 7, were attacked in broad daylight in the affluent district of Chartrons in the western city famed for its vineyards. Emmanuel Macron’s government faced opposition accusations of failing to stem rising crime on Tuesday after a video of a woman and her granddaughter being attacked on their doorstep in Bordeaux prompted shock across France.
