A man has been placed in preventive detention after being accused of assaulting an ex-companion and her boyfriend outside a creche in the Mafra area, then kidnapping their child and fleeing. According to the GNR, a 34-year-old man attacked the ex-companion and the current boyfriend on the face and neck in front of a creche in Gradil, in the municipality of Mafra, when they were going to leave a child. The victims were taken with minor injuries to the emergency department of Hospital Santa Maria in Lisbon. After the assault, the man allegedly entered the ex-companion’s car, where the child under the age of 2 was, and drove off with the girl. The vehicle was later involved in a crash against a wall near the establishment. Police said he then continued fleeing with the toddler. The GNR later pursued and intercepted him in the Ericeira area, where he was detained without resistance. The GNR said the case was presented for the first judicial interrogation at the Tribunal de Sintra. The court of Sintra ordered the man to wait for trial in preventive detention at the Caxias Prison Establishment. The investigation involved the GNR’s Criminal Investigation Nucleus from the Mafra Territorial Detachment, along with technical support and victim support teams from the GNR’s Lisbon Command.