Police investigate suspicious child abduction attempts as RTI documents reveal children on way to school being grabbed, pursued Reports obtained under Right to Information detail attempted abduction related incidents in state school alerts provided to the Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE) last year. FRIGHTENING details of attempted child abduction reports have been revealed as police investigate suspicious incidents on Brisbane's northside. Right to Information documents reveal reports of children being grabbed and pursued by unknown adults as they travel to and from state schools. One primary school student in the Logan area fled to a church after being pursued, where adults contacted police. Two high school students at Redbank Plains ran to a nearby house when men tried to block their path with a vehicle, after the children refused to go over to the strangers as asked. A witness watched a man try and grab a child off a scooter on the Gold Coast just after school, while in the Ipswich area an unknown man "took hold of" a primary school student and attempted to move them to a waiting vehicle before the child escaped. The reports are among more than one dozen detailing attempted abduction related incidents in state school alerts provided to the Department of Education, Training and Employment (DETE) last year. It comes as police investigate two reports of suspicious behaviour in the Clayfield and Eagle Junction areas, while a third at Wooloowin has been closed. In one incident last Wednesday (September 18) an 11-year-old girl was approached by a man at Eagle Junction. "Shortly before 3pm the girl was starting to cross Junction Road ... when the man, who was walking near the girl placed his hand on her shoulder," a police statement says. File image. The girl then ran off along Junction Road towards Jackson Street. In the second incident on September 3 a female driver pulled up beside a 12-year-old girl waiting at the rear of a school on Bayview Terrace, Clayfield, about 4.55pm. A police media spokeswoman said the woman didn't get out of the car but had a very brief conversation with the 12-year-old that scared the girl. The woman drove off as the girl's parents pulled up in a car behind them. In a third incident an 11-year-old girl said she was grabbed by the wrist by an unknown female with blonde hair and a backpack who said "come with me" at Wooloowin State School around 3.20pm on August 2. Police media said a woman matching that description had been seen by others but the case had been closed due to insufficient evidence. DETE metropolitan regional director Chris Rider said state schools regularly advised students about safety measures to help them understand the dangers of responding to people they didn't know. Students at some state schools are also taught the Daniel Morcombe Child Safety Curriculum, which teaches personal safety and awareness. Gateway Child Protection Investigation Unit officer-in-charge Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Stephen Stanton said parents needed to teach children to be vigilant of their surroundings, including when walking to and from school. "Where possible take that journey with another student or another adult," Snr Sgt Stanton said. Generally, children under the age of 12 shouldn't be left unattended ... without reasonable explanation. If a child is confronted with a situation or approached they should make every attempt to seek safety at the nearest location or nearest opportunity. He said if a child was grabbed they needed to try and alert anyone nearby by "verbally signalling" they needed assistance.