A seven-year-old American girl escaped an alleged abduction attempt at a Walmart store, in an incident that was caught on camera.
Footage shows a man approach Georgia schoolgirl Brittney Baxter from behind as she was looking at toys in Bremen Walmart.
The man grabbed the young girl and tried to put his hand over her mouth.
But he was forced to let go of Brittney after she struggled and screamed.
"I was just trying to kick as hard as I can," Brittney told WSBTV.
Brittney said the man first started talking to her as she was looking at toys.
"I just said, 'I'm going to see what my momma is doing,' and he just grabbed me and picked me up," she said.
Brittney's mother, Georgeann Baxter, was picking up groceries only metres away from Brittney when the attack took place.
"I was freaking out at that point. I just couldn't believe it," Ms Baxter said.
Thomas Woods, 25, was arrested after police used CCTV footage to identify a getaway car and traced it back to him, WSBTV reports.
Woods, who was recently released from prison, told police he was not in the store.
He was charged with attempted kidnapping.
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