Newborn baby taken to hospital in critical condition as 25-year-old woman placed under police guard

Detectives from Victoria are investigating a suspected attack on a newborn baby.

Detectives from the Dandenong Crime Investigation Unit are investigating the incident, which left a newborn baby in a critical condition in hospital on Friday.

The baby was found at around 2.40am outside an address on Gladstone Road in Dandenong North, 27km south-east of Melbourne’s CBD, with life-threatening injuries.

A 25-year-old woman from a house on that street was also taken to hospital, where she remains under police guard.

The circumstances surrounding the incident are still under investigation.

The incident came just a day after Australia was shocked by an alleged attack on a baby in a Brisbane park.

Queensland Police are working to identify the unidentified man (pictured) who was seen running from the Brisbane park after the attack

The nine-month-old baby (pictured) has burns over 60 percent of his body after a stranger spilled hot coffee on him

A woman and her baby were enjoying a picnic at Hanlon Park in Stones Corner on Tuesday afternoon when they were approached by a stranger.

The man is believed to have thrown a thermos of coffee over the boy, causing 60 percent burns on his body, before fleeing.

Detectives are urging anyone with information about the incident in Dandenong to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000 or www.crimestoppersvic.com.au.

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