Amy-Lee de Jager (left) with Wynand and Angeline de Jager (center) and her brother

The 6-year-old daughter of a Formula 1 powerboat racer was snatched from her mother’s arms outside a South Africa school — but the kidnappers ditched her Tuesday morning when they couldn’t handle the massive publicity surrounding the case, according to new reports.

Four men allegedly dragged a screaming Amy-Lee de Jager, 6, daughter of powerboat champion Wynand de Jager, from her mom Angeline’s arms into a 4×4 outside her school in the town of Vanderbijlpark, about an hour south of Johannesburg, around 7:40 a.m. Monday, the Evening Standard reported.

Angeline injured her shoulder desperately trying to keep hold of her young daughter, Metro UK reported. The girl’s 5-year-old brother was also there at the time, according to the report.

Shortly after the violent abduction, Wynand received a phone call from the kidnappers, who demanded 2 million rand (about $132,000) for his daughter’s safe return, according to the report.

But by Tuesday morning, the abductors dumped Amy-Lee in the middle of the street — without any ransom paid, local outlet Times Live reported.

“She has been found,” her aunt, Louise Horn, told the outlet. “The people dropped her off in the streets and a woman and her man heard her crying and rushed her to the police station.”

She was unharmed but was being examined at a local hospital, according to Horn.

“It was the longest 19 hours of our lives,” Horn said. “We are really glad she’s back with us.”

She immediately asked for “a burger and her brother” when she was reunited with her parents, according to Horn.

“Amy was found this morning and she is undergoing a medical examination at a local hospital,” police spokesperson Brig Vishnu Naidoo told Times Live. “The investigation into her disappearance and sudden reappearance is still ongoing. It is our appeal that this investigation be allowed to take its course.”

The kidnappers likely panicked when they realized the case was “too hot to handle,” the Standard reported.

“Her photo was all over the internet and the news and we think they thought they were better off cutting their losses and ditching Amy-Lee,” a source told the outlet.