Police have launched a manhunt after masked men tried to snatch two screaming schoolgirls in broad daylight.

The girls had been making their way home from school along Station Road, Acocks Green on Friday (May 3) when the terrifying incident took place.

Two men approached the girls in the street and tried to drag them away, police said.

They screamed for help and fortunately a passer-by came to their aid.

Officers are now trawling CCTV and desperately trying to trace the men.

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