Detectives in Belfast are appealing for information following what they described as an "absolutely shocking incident"—a reported hijacking in the city centre in the early hours of Saturday, 25 October 2025.

Detective Sergeant McVeagh reported that at around 3.50am, a delivery driver had exited his vehicle, a white Vauxhall Agila, in the Donegall Place area, leaving his partner and young baby in the rear seat.

Two men then approached the car on foot. One man quickly got into the driver’s seat and drove the vehicle away. A second man appeared to try to stop the theft but was unsuccessful. The ordeal intensified a short distance away, close to Fountain Lane, when the man at the wheel turned and held what the woman believed to be a broken bottle or piece of broken glass to the head of the young baby, telling her to get out of the car. When she and the baby complied, the hijacker drove towards City Hall and onto Chichester Street.

The vehicle was later recovered in Upper Stanfield Street.

Detective Sergeant McVeagh stated that the victims were left shaken by the "extremely distressing ordeal", but were otherwise uninjured.

Police are appealing to anyone who was in the area at the time and saw anything suspicious, or anyone with CCTV or dashcam footage, to contact them on 101, quoting reference 211 of 25/10/25.

Alternatively, you can submit a report online at www.psni.police.uk/makeareport/.

You can also contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111 or online at crimestoppers-uk.org/.