After school abduction was hoax say police

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Allegations a Rotorua child was abducted from outside his school have been revealed as untrue.

Last week news of the abduction circulated around Rotorua with Facebook users posting concerns about their children's safety. It was claimed a boy was taken as he walked to the school hall for after school care.

This is a separate incident to the one reported in Saturday's Rotorua Daily Post about an attempted abduction outside Selwyn School, which police are still investigating.

"They took him to their house then decided to take him to buy some toys and his mum works central so he ran to her work," a mum posted on Facebook.

"He was walking to the hall for after school care they picked him up and buckled him in.

"He has been very good with telling the police descriptions of the car and people."

Rotorua police Detective Inspector Mark Loper said the reports were untrue and the boy had made it up.

"We treat all allegations of this type as serious," he said.

"We fully investigate to the nth degree.

"We understand the school concerned will be getting information out to parents in regards to these allegations and it's unlikely we'll be taking any further action."

He said the boy had been spoken to.