Schools have issued a public warning after three people in a van tried to grab a pupil while walking home from football club.
John Ray Junior and Infant Schools posted on their Facebook pages warning people of the incident, which involved two men and a woman.
During the incident a £10 note was waved at the boy, a pupil at the junior school, and people inside the vehicle gestured for him to get in the van.
The incident happened in Challis Lane, Braintree, on Tuesday.
Anyone with information should contact police on 101.
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