Nine-month-old twin girls mauled by fox in their bedroom

Two baby twin sisters are seriously ill in hospital after being attacked by two foxes at their family home. The two nine-month-olds, Isabella and Lola Koupparis, were understood to have been mauled by the fox as they slept in a bedroom in their east London home. Police were called to the three-storey Victorian terraced house in Hackney, on Saturday night after the toddlers' parents, Nick and Pauline Koupparis, raised the alarm at 10pm.

The toddlers, were taken to the Royal London Hospital, where their condition was listed as "serious, but stable". Both are understood to have arm wounds. One of the girls is also believed to have facial injuries. Hospital sources said the couple, who also have a four-year-old son, Max, were shocked at the incident and were comforting the toddlers at their bedside.



It is understood the fox entered the house through a window or door left open for ventilation because of the warm weather. "Police were called at 10pm on Saturday night... following reports of a fox attack," a spokesman for Scotland Yard said. "Officers and paramedics attended and found two nine-month-old baby girls with injuries.

"Both were taken to hospital. Their conditions were today described as serious but stable. He added: "The incident is not being treated as suspicious." A police source added: "The twins were attacked by a fox inside the house in an upstairs room." The RSPCA said fox attacks on humans in the UK were extremely rare.