READ MORE:• Boy, 11, abducted and sexually assaulted• Criminologist says abduction rare in child abuse cases• Ranui abduction: How to keep your kids safe"That will be the thrust of making the case public, to get people to ring in saying whether they'd seen or heard anything." He said residents in Ranui, a semi-rural western suburb bordering the Waitakere Ranges, would be door-knocked by police as they canvassed the area. The boy was abducted from Ranui Station Rd after getting off a train at Ranui Station around 3.55pm yesterday. He started walking to his home along Ranui Station Rd when he was abducted by a man in a grey van. For a child to be abducted was very uncommon and most kids got home safe on their way home from school, he said.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 17, 2016 22:55 UTC