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This Article is From Feb 09, 2012

Seven-year-old US girl fights off kidnapper in supermarket

Bremen: Authorities say a 7-year-old girl recalled her stranger danger training and was able to get away from a parolee who tried to abduct her at a Walmart store in west Georgia.

Police Chief Keith Pesnell says 25-year-old Thomas A. Woods of Austell, Georgia, tried to take the girl on Wednesday from a toy aisle while her mom was in a different aisle.

Security video from the store shows a man carrying the girl away, releasing her after she struggled to get away.

Mr Pesnell says Mr Woods faces a charge of attempted kidnapping and was out on parole after being convicted of voluntary manslaughter in a suburban Atlanta county.

According to TV reports, Mr Woods said he is innocent and denied the abduction attempt as he was being led into jail.