UPDATE @ 7:10 p.m.: York Regional Police say a five year-old girl allegedly abducted by her father Tuesday afternoon has been cancelled.
The girl has been found safe and the father is in custody.
An Amber alert has been issued for a five-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted by her father north of Toronto.
York regional police say officers were called to Armadale Public School in Markham, Ont., where teachers say Jannah Jaffri was taken from her classroom by her father, Soloman Jaffri, around 3 p.m. today.
Police say Jaffri is not supposed to have access to the child.
The pair was last seen getting into a minivan taxi.
The girl is described as a having brown skin, light brown shoulder-length hair and brown eyes wearing a pink sweater, white tank top, grey leggings, navy blue coat and carrying a sparkly white unicorn backpack.
Jaffri, 25, is described as having brown skin, average build, standing at 6-foot-1 with short brown hair and a tattoo on his right arm that says’ ‘Jannah” while wearing a navy blue dress coat and black cargo pants.
(The Canadian Press)
