A teenage boy was injured after narrowly escaping a kidnap attempt at knifepoint in Section 13, Shah Alam, yesterday evening.

Shah Alam police chief Iqbal Ibrahim said that at the time of the incident, at about 5.15pm, the victim was jogging alone in the area before being confronted by a car with two men of unknown nationalities in it.

“One of the abductors, brandishing a knife at the victim, then...