POLICE ARE hunting a man pictured with a young boy after the child was heard saying "you're not my dad, leave me alone."
The "suspicious" man is described as eastern European and was seen carrying two black bin bags as he walked with the boy in Manchester.
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The 'suspicious' man was seen walking with the boy, aged around six, who allegedly said 'you're not my dad' Credit: Greater Manchester Police
The incident was said to have happened in the Angel Meadow area just to the northeast of Manchester city centre on Sunday afternoon.
Cops have now made an appeal to the public to trace the man.
They released a grainy image of the man walking with the boy, thought to be six or seven years old.
A post on Greater Manchester Police's Manchester North Facebook page said: "Police were made aware at 12:30pm today of a suspicious male described as: eastern European, in his thirties, carrying 2 black bin bags wearing a mustard yellow puffer coat, blue jeans, grey trainers.
"The male was walking with a 6/7 year old boy, described as wearing a black jacket, black tracksuit bottoms with white lines on the side, black trainers with a white sole.
"The child has black hair.
"A member of the public contacted us after overhearing the child say 'you're not my dad, leave me alone'.
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"They were last seen walking towards Angel Meadows area of Manchester, possibly towards Victoria station.
"Any sightings or information at all that could assist us, please call 101 quoting log: 001501-14112021, thank you."
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