Police have revealed a sad twist to the birth of twins at Vancouver’s Oppenheimer Park earlier this week.
Chief Jim Chu says the woman suffers from mental problems and has dealt with police before.
When officers, who happened to be nearby, rushed over, she refused their help.
“The officers made a decision in a very chaotic situation to use physical force. Officers moved in. Two of them stood behind her, held her arms, grabbed her fingers. Two other officers moved in from the front and put their hands underneath the mother and scooped up the babies and were able to grab the babies as the mother's grip was released from the babies' heads."
She was taken to hospital. The twins are now in government care.