The 25-year-old woman was arrested o child endangerment charges, authorities said.
NEWARK -- A Newark woman was caught choking her twin babies and swinging them around violently as they tried to breathe, authorities said.
Faith Edohen, 25, was holding her two 8-week-old baby twins, a boy and a girl, in a "chokehold position" under her arms when police arrived at her Leslie Street residence at 11:05 a.m. Monday, authorities said.
Edohen had a tight grip on the children, who were born prematurely, and swung them around violently as they tried to breathe, police said. Newark and State Police officers struggled to free the children from her grasp, authorities said.
Mother, boyfriend charged in boy's death
The twins and Edohn were transported to University Hospital, where they are in stable condition, police said. Edohen was charged with two counts of endangering the welfare of a child, police said. The state has been given temporary custody of the children, police said.
This marks the third violent incident involving children in Newark over the past two weeks.
Last week, a two-month old baby died after being found unresponsive inside a Chadwick Ave. home. Authorities said Monday they are still investigating the baby's cause of death.
On Monday, a Newark mother and her boyfriend were charged in connection with the death of her 7-year-old son Sunday.
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