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How a Michigan gas station clerk saved a 16-year-old girl abducted by stranger after she mouthed ‘help’
nypost.com ^ | April 15, 2026 | Zoe Hussain

Posted on 04/16/2026 8:20:34 PM PDT by lowbridge

A courageous Michigan gas station clerk helped save a teenage girl who was abducted by a gun-toting stranger with a history of rape allegations while walking to her school bus stop.

The creep kidnapped the 16-year-old girl at gunpoint just after 7 a.m. Monday in Hamtramck, while she was waiting for her school bus, Hamtramck Police Chief Hussein Farhat told WXYZ.

Roughly 30 minutes later, the unidentified suspect brought the girl to a Sunoco gas station, where he asked for cigarettes and told the terrified teen to pay for them, the outlet reported.

“When he ask her to pay for the cigarettes, I stop and go, ‘There’s something wrong.’ And she mouthed talked to me, like with no sound, ‘Help,'” store clerk Abdulrahman Abohatem told the local station.

Abohatem heroically came out from behind the protective glass and confronted the man — kicking him out and ushering the kidnapped teen behind him.

“I go out, I kick him out, I ask the girl [to] go behind me,” Abohatem recalled.

Meanwhile, fellow students who witnessed the kidnapping had helped cops track the girl’s phone, leading police cars to rush into the gas station’s parking lot as Abohatem escorted the alleged kidnapper out of the store, the outlet reported.

“I see the police outside. I point to him. I go, ‘That’s the guy,'” Abohatem recalled.

The suspect, who police said has a history of rape charges, was quickly taken into custody.

The girl and her kidnapper did not know each other, cops added.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: abdulrahmanabohatem; abohatem; donaldfields; donaldjfields; hero; michigan; rapist; storeclerk

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1 posted on 04/16/2026 8:20:34 PM PDT by lowbridge
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To: lowbridge
The suspect, who police said has a history of rape charges...

Of course. And no mention of trials, convictions, incarcerations.

2 posted on 04/16/2026 8:29:38 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: lowbridge

Fella has one heck of a name (Abdulrahman Abohatem) but he’s got balls. Much respect.


3 posted on 04/16/2026 8:30:42 PM PDT by dayglored (This is the day which the LORD hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it. Psalms 118:24)
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To: lowbridge
article: "the unidentified suspect brought the girl to a Sunoco gas station"

Uh huh. Now we know everything. The key to this knowledge is the phrase "unidentified".

4 posted on 04/16/2026 8:35:01 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie ( O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and his mercy endures forever. — Psalm 106)
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To: lowbridge

Many thanks to Abdulrahman Abohatem for confronting a monster and probably saving a young lady’s life!


5 posted on 04/16/2026 8:39:11 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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To: lowbridge

Kudos to this brave and smart man!!!


6 posted on 04/16/2026 8:40:53 PM PDT by jocon307 (DEMOCRATS DELENDA EST)
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To: lowbridge

The victim’s high school.
Asian
21%
White
73%
Black
6%

Other sources show a black male kidnapper.


7 posted on 04/16/2026 8:41:56 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT ( "The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last messag)
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To: lowbridge

Thank You Jesus!


8 posted on 04/16/2026 8:57:52 PM PDT by Flaming Conservative ((Pray without ceasing))
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To: lowbridge
Hamtramck Police Chief Hussein Farhat

store clerk Abdulrahman Abohatem

This happened in what country?

9 posted on 04/16/2026 9:07:06 PM PDT by Sicon ("All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others." - G. Orwell)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

“Uh huh. Now we know everything. The key to this knowledge is the phrase “unidentified”.

Everybody in the USA knows what that means.
“White male”
“Asian male”
“Indian male”
“Unidentified male”

On a purely per capita basis,
that is violent crime per person,
the most dangerous race
Y’all won’t face up to it
and deal with it!

All just because you
Democrats may not get
elected, if it was dealt with.
Fairly, openly, and with due
respect; For ALL!


10 posted on 04/16/2026 9:09:55 PM PDT by rellic
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To: Sicon

It’s not “Pole Town” anymore.


11 posted on 04/16/2026 9:09:57 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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To: DUMBGRUNT

Teach your daughters ( your women folk in general) to throw an absolute screaming fit if someone tries to grab them.

Scream FIRE,kick, bite, whatever it takes.

Predators count on passivity, silence and fear in their victims.

Make. A. Scene.
Draw attention.
Big time.


12 posted on 04/16/2026 9:11:13 PM PDT by Salamander ( Please visit my profile page to help me go home again. https://www.givesendgo.com/GCRRDa)
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To: lowbridge

Rather odd to take her into a public place 30 minutes after abducting her
I don’t think this guy thinks it through much

Granted hard as it is to believe to many here I’ve never kidnapped a teen sex slave
Ever

I’m glad Abdullah had the stones and the girl the composure under duress

Happy ending


13 posted on 04/16/2026 9:13:07 PM PDT by wardaddy (If u hate Trump you’re stupid or clueless what’s going on We’re fighting for our civilization )
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To: lowbridge
In an update shared on Thursday, April 16, Hamtramck Police identified the suspect as Donald J. Fields, 48, of Detroit, adding that Fields was arraigned in district court in connection with Monday’s incident.…

Source

14 posted on 04/16/2026 9:16:24 PM PDT by hole_n_one
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To: ProtectOurFreedom
You left out "execution": a hanging puts a cold stop to any recidivism.

We've been putting up with this BS for 50 years. It's time to stop.

15 posted on 04/16/2026 9:19:45 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: Salamander

Everyone needs to recognize the hand signal of the clenched first with thumb inside. Ask kids need to be taught how to use it.


16 posted on 04/16/2026 9:27:06 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam ( "Trouble knocked at the door, but, hearing laughter, hurried away". - B. Franklin)
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To: Sicon

That town used to be mainly people of Polish descent. Now, Muslim.


17 posted on 04/16/2026 9:45:29 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12- 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: pierrem15

Absolutely. Not sure why I left that out. Mistake.


18 posted on 04/16/2026 10:07:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ( )
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To: dayglored
Abdul Rahim. A very mohammedan name


19 posted on 04/16/2026 10:35:39 PM PDT by Cronos (Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government.)
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