Baby twins in serious condition in hospital after being attacked by fox

Fox entered east London home at night and mauled nine-month-old sisters as they slept in cot

Amy Fallon
guardian.co.uk,
Sunday 6 June 2010

Two nine-month-old twin girls were in a serious but stable condition in hospital tonight after being attacked by a fox while sleeping in their cots.

Both sisters are believed to have suffered arm wounds, while one was also bitten in the face during the incident at their home in Homerton, east London.

Police and paramedics were called to the house at about 10pm on Saturday night after the animal apparently sneaked into an upstairs bedroom of the property, through a window or door left open for ventilation during the warm weather.

The twins were treated at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel.

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