Police hunt man who abducted woman and baby before forcing her to buy laptops in Melbourne

Woman told to buy MacBooks after being threatened with knife at the Stud Park shopping centre on 10 May, police say

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A mother and her baby were abducted from a Melbourne shopping centre by a knife-wielding man who then forced the woman to drive to electronic stores to buy laptops.

Victoria police are hunting for the man after the incident in Rowville, in Melbourne’s south-east, on 10 May.

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