Baby boy critical after Hounslow stabbing

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Image caption The baby boy and woman were taken to hospital by air ambulance

A one-year-old boy is in a critical condition after being stabbed at a home in west London.

A woman in her 30s was also found with less serious knife wounds at the property on Swinfield Close, Hounslow, on Monday evening.

Police and paramedics were called at about 19:00 BST and the victims were taken to hospital by air ambulance.

The Metropolitan Police said officers were looking for a man who lives at the address and is known to the pair.

Any one with any information is asked to contact officers.

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Media captionSpecial correspondent Ed Thomas has witnessed the reality of knife crime