Two attempted abductions are believed to have taken place in Beckenham Another abduction attempt has been reported in Beckenham just 500 metres from an attempt on a young schoolboy that same afternoon. Two schoolboys aged 8 and 11 reported to their parents that they had been followed by hooded men on Friday, April 30. News Shopper previously reported that an 11-year-old boy was chased on his way home from school, by two men on foot and another in a car on Whitmore Road at around 4 pm. A second abduction attempt was reported at 4.30pm on the same afternoon, where an 8-year-old boy was approached by a hooded man wearing a mask in Kelsey Park.