Police launched a desperate manhunt after an eight-year-old girl was allegedly snatched from the street while walking with her mum.
Sabatka Salem's mum was caught on CCTV trying to pull her daughter from a car after a man allegedly dragged her into the vehicle in Fort Worth, Texas.
The mum is seen on camera falling to the ground as a vehicle then speeds off.
She is heard screaming:"Help, call the police" before running in the opposite direction of the vehicle and yelling: "Help me, help me please."
Police issued an Amber Alert following the incident yesterday, reports NBC 5 .
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Fort Worth police said a man approached the mother and her daughter at 6.38pm in Fort Worth's Ryan Place neighborhood and pulled Salem into his car.
The young girl was found less than 24 hours later after police launched a state-wide search.
Officer Buddy Calzada said in a press conference today: "
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He told reporters last night: "I want everybody to know watching this that we have issued a state-wide Amber Alert.
"Obviously we've a very disturbed mum, disturbed family, so we're working hard not just to get this information out there to everybody but also ... to make sure we get this girl back."
