Police establish a crime scene around a woman's BMW in Ascot Vale after she was driven through several suburbs at the point of a pair of scissors. Picture: Leader Newspapers Source: Herald Sun
UPDATE: CCTV images of a man loitering near a chemist before a woman endured a terrifying carjacking have been released by police.
The woman was threatened with scissors in a terrifying car-jacking across several suburbs in Melbourne's west.
Just after 12.30pm on Thursday, the carjacker leapt into the passenger-side of the 31-year-old's BMW as she was parking near the Footscray markets, along Byron St.
Threatening the driver with scissors, her attacker demanded she drive to Union Rd, Ascot Vale, several suburbs away.
“He demanded that she drive to an ATM,” Flemington Det Sgt Cameron Kelly told Leader Newspapers today.
Police have released a CCTV image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the terrifying carjacking from Footscray to Ascot Vale. Picture: Police media.
Along the way, the carjacker snatched money from her wallet.
Nearing the ATM, the attacker changed his mind and told her to go into a Commonwealth Bank branch at the corner of St Leonards Rd to obtain cash.
The man stayed in the car, but inside the branch, the terrified woman alerted staff who called police.
The offender fled the scene on foot before police arrived and was last seen on Union Rd shortly before 1pm.
Investigators remove a pair of scissors from a BMW involved in a terrifying carjacking incident in Melbourne's west. Picture: Channel 9
Det-Sgt Keily said the woman was unhurt, but urged any witnesses to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.
He is described as aged in his late-20s, between 160-170cm, of Southern European appearance, with short dark hair and a medium build, and was wearing a dark blue long sleeved top with khaki pants.
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