Bashed policewoman found unconscious a new mum
THE policewoman that was brutally bashed on her way to work in King's Cross this morning has been indentified as a 33-year-old mother who had just returned to work from maternity leave.
Gallery: Pictures from the crime scene
The officer is in a critical condition after being found badly bashed at a Kings Cross bus shelter on her way to work today, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Outside St Vincent's Hospital this morning, uniformed police officers hugged each other, with one male uniformed officer holding a baby and another woman with a stroller in tears.
A female officer hugged the woman with the stroller, saying "she's going to be okay" before the group left.
Police patrolling Craigend St found the woman unconscious in a bus shelter shortly before 7am today.
It is understood the woman, an experienced police officer, was unarmed and not in uniform when she was viciously assaulted.
She was attacked between where her car was parked and Kings Cross police station.
She had been robbed of her personal belongings.
The woman is about to undergo surgery at St Vincents Hospital for what is described as a serious brain injury.
She is in an induced coma.
Police are hunting the attacker, with patrols combing nearby streets for evidence.
The woman had suffered severe head injuries and was taken to St Vincents Hospital where her life hangs in the balance.
A crime scene has been set up in Craigend St and Central Metropolitan Region Assistant Commissioner Catherine Burn will be making a public appeal for information later today.
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