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Hamilton Police say it took about an hour of “communication” with a 37-year-old man before he surrendered and handed over his two-year-old daughter, bringing an end to a brief Amber Alert overnight.

Police in Brantford issued the alert around 3 a.m. Thursday, saying the girl and her father were last seen just after midnight leaving Brantford in a vehicle with two women.

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A statement from Brantford Police says they received a call for an abduction and assault at the girl’s mother’s house, just before the Amber Alert was issued.

The statement said the mother answered the door for an unknown number of people, while the estranged father broke in through the back door of the house.

Police said the man allegedly assaulted and threatened the mother and assaulted another resident in the house before grabbing the two-year-old and fleeing the scene in a vehicle with three others.