Two women arrested over boy's window fall

Two women have been arrested after a three-year-old boy was seriously injured in a fall from a window in Rochdale.

The women, aged 19 and 20, were arrested at a property in Blackburn on Sunday on suspicion of causing a serious injury to a child, Greater Manchester Police said.

Officers had been called to Spotland Tops at 16:16 BST on Saturday following reports of concern for the welfare of a child.

Emergency services attended and the boy was taken to hospital for treatment, where he remains in a critical condition.

Police had earlier said the boy had been seriously injured in a fall from a window.

The force said the two women were arrested in relation to the incident and inquiries were continuing to establish the full circumstances of what happened.

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