Abu Dhabi Police deny rumours about children luring victims

Abu Dhabi: Police have denied rumours circulating on social media about gangs who commit heinous crimes after luring people to houses.

Mobile phones have been buzzing with rumours about a gang that has been using children to lure victims into its trap. Rape, robbery and organ theft supposedly awaits those who take the ‘lost’ children back to their ‘homes’.

However, Abu Dhabi Police have confirmed these rumours are false and the seemingly authentic document circulating on messaging applications contains a forged police report.

The document states a person from the police force filed a complaint alleging that children were found on Abu Dhabi streets holding signs with their home addresses. The children would claim they were lost when in fact these addresses led the victims to the gang members.

Abu Dhabi Police denied the rumours in a tweet on its official account.

In a similar incident last month Dubai Police denied rumours on social media regarding gangs luring children and killing them after raping them. They warned those who circulated such rumours would be severely punished.