A woman and two children, aged nine and 13, have been taken to hospital after a suspected poisoning attack at a home in Sussex.
The 38-year-old woman and two children are said to be in a serious but stable condition following the “isolated incident” in Hunters Way in Uckfield on Thursday morning.
A woman has been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious or poisonous substance to cause injury.
A Sussex Police spokesperson said: “While their conditions remain serious, they are currently in a stable state. A woman has been arrested on suspicion of administering a noxious substance / poison to cause injury.
“We are not searching for anyone else in relation to this investigation.
“Our enquiries are ongoing and a heightened police presence is anticipated in the area at this time. This is being treated as an isolated incident with no threat to the wider community.”
Uckfield is town in east Sussex with a poulation of around 15,000 people which sites between Brighton, Eastbourne and Tunbridge Wells.
Hunters Way is an estate of large detached homes in a north west area of the town. House prices were an average £375,000 last year, according to Rightmove.
A spokesperson for South East Coast Ambulance Service said they did not comment on call-outs to private addresses.
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