MELAKA: A two-year-old boy locked himself and his baby cousin in his aunt’s car for over half an hour on Jalan Hospital right here, in a bid to guard his cousin from being “kidnapped”.
Car park attendant Nizam Mohd, 47 stated the boy locked the door when his aunt received down from the car to pay her parking charge.
“In just a few seconds, the boy locked the car before the woman could rush back to her car.
“The boy was afraid that someone would snatch his cousin and decided to lock the car doors,” he stated right here on Tuesday (Jan 25).
Nizam stated the baby’s mom began weeping after seeing her six-month-old son sweating.
“I made various attempts to open the door but was unsuccessful – and the boy refused to open the door,” he stated.
Nizam stated he determined to name the Fire and Rescue Department when the baby began crying and the mom turned stressed.
Melaka Fire and Rescue Department operations commander Mohd Iswandy Aripin stated the 2 youngsters had been rescued at about 10am.
He stated the rescue operation took about 32mins and the duo didn’t require any medical consideration.
