Terrifying moment dad confronted by thugs armed with bats trying to steal his car

A family have described their 'nightmare' after a dad was confronted by two men armed with bats during an attempted carjacking.

David Rakotoson, 34, was visiting Blackpool over the bank holiday weekend with his wife, sister and baby daughter to enjoy when the terrifying incident occurred. He had parked the family car by at Sandcastle Waterpark by the South Promenade and paid £8 for 12 hours parking, Lancs Live reports.

In the early evening, mum Agata asked David to return to their car to fetch her a jacket. As he arrived, he saw two men in the car park and thought nothing of it. He then headed back to his wife who told him he'd picked up the wrong thing, so he headed back to the car park again.

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At around 6pm, he said he encountered two men using a jack in an attempt to steal from his vehicle. David confronted the pair, while recording the incident on his phone. They were captured swinging bats at him before driving off in their own car. After reporting the incident to the police, David claims he was told there was 'nothing' that could be done about the damage.

David, from London, told LancsLive: "We came to Blackpool from London just for a day's visit. We wanted to go to Sandcastle Waterpark, so we parked up, had a good time, then my wife wanted to go to a restaurant so we went to one opposite the carpark.

"She asked me to go and pick something out from the car. So I quickly ran up to the car and I noticed two men taking some equipment out from a car right next to mine, I just ignored it. I didn't know that was a thing, so I just walked past, they looked at me, I quickly took my stuff from the car and went back to my wife.

"She told me I'd got the