Gang attacks woman in labour at home

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Police are hunting a gang who attacked a woman with baseball bats and a knife while she was in labour.

The 22-year-old victim, who has not been named, was about to go to hospital when the masked men burst into her home in Basildon, Essex. She suffered a fractured skull and other injuries, but gave birth to a healthy baby after being taken to the town’s hospital.

An Essex police spokeswoman said officers were called to the house in Beambridge at about 9pm on Monday. She said: “Five men smashed their way into the premises, armed with crowbars, and assaulted the male and female occupants before leaving the scene on foot. The pair sustained minor injuries.”

The men are described as aged in their early to mid-20s. Four were white and one was black.