During the early hours of this morning, six armed men went into the house of a Democratic Republic of Congo national. They demanded diamonds, ransacked the house and, after finding nothing, poured boiling water over the 47-year-old woman and assaulted her 26-year-old son.

The suspect answered the phone and said he had been waiting for a call so he could say where the baby could be found.

A 29-year-old woman was found with a stab wound on her forehead and a 45-year-old woman was found burnt.