Ashnique Claasen's parents momentarily turned their backs to peruse the fridges at a Cleary Park supermarket in Gqeberha.

During those few seconds, a woman grabbed the toddler from the shopping trolley and walked off.

Lee-Anthea Claasen and her partner Monre Schutte were at a supermarket on Monday afternoon when their 1-year-old daughter went missing.

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