11/12/2009

Baby Taken From Scene After Assault

Two men are in custody following an overnight incident at a house in Pearse Terrace, Westport, and County Mayo.

Gardai were called to the house shortly after 2.30am last night and after "incidents of public order and assault" at the house, a couple in their late teens and their two-month-old male child where taken from the scene to Mayo General Hospital and transferred to University College Hospital in Galway.

The female has a serious facial injury and the male and baby where taken to hospital as a precaution. Another woman in her early 20s was treated at the scene for minor injuries.

There were six adults and three children in the house at the time. Two males in their late teens were arrested and have been detained under the Criminal Justice Act at Westport Garda station.

A Gardai spokesman said the HSE have been notified regarding the incident.

The incident is currently under investigation.

(DW/KMcA)


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