Harrowing moment sicko grabs girl, 9, on street and drags her off into bushes only to be scared away by local woman

A MAN sickeningly grabbed a nine-year-old girl and dragged her into bushes – but was scared away by the screams of a bystander. The child was walking down a quiet street before the suspect violently snatched her with his arm tight around her neck in the town of Solnechnogorsk, Russia. The man horrifically crept up on the youngster before dragging her into bushes He was spooked by a local woman who saw the child being taken and screamed The nine-year-old was left with bruises after he viciously strangled her with his arm She said he then chillingly whispered in her ear: “Do you want to live?” as he held her in a chokehold. A local woman witnessed the horrific incident and began screaming as loud as she could – unnerving the man, who let the girl go and fled the area, according to reports. The youngster was left with bruises on her face and around her neck. Local authorities launched an investigation and arrested the suspect shortly after the incident. The investigation remains ongoing. It is not clear what charge the prosecutor intends to bring against the man. Footage of the terrifying moment was shared across the country in the wake of a series of high-profile cases involving children. Most read in The Sun CRANE TRAGEDY Man in 70s killed after being crushed by hot tub falling from crane GOING GREEN 24 countries that could be on green list this week including Turkey and Egypt LET'S BO Everything Boris Johnson is set to announce in his major lockdown speech tomorrow FAMILY TIME Emmerdale's Mark Jordon shares pic of daughter, 21, after welcoming baby boy TASTE THE RAINBOW New iPhone 13 colours 'LEAKED' just one day before special Apple event 'a miracle!' Bradley Walsh stunned as Chasers contestant walks off with £40k after 'scam' Earlier this month, one man killed his best friend and buried him in the woods after finding out he raped his nine-year-old daughter. Two children were also allegedly raped and killed by a convicted child sex attacker who was seen just moments earlier buying treats for them. Back in August, two teenagers aged 19 and 15 were jailed for the rape and murder of a 12-year-old girl who was found at the bottom of a well in the Siberian town of Nizhnyaya Koya.