British police are hunting a man who broke into an upmarket London hotel and battered three women with a hammer.
The women, all from the UAE, suffered head and facial injuries.
One is in critical condition in hospital, while the others are in serious but not life-threatening condition.
The women, in their 30s, and three children were asleep in adjoining rooms on the seventh floor of the Cumberland Hotel in central London when a man broke in.
Police said the women were attacked after they awoke and disturbed the intruder. Detectives found a hammer at the scene.
Police said that they are treating the attacks as attempted murder and have appealed for information
The four-star Cumberland Hotel, near Oxford Street, has 1,000 rooms, including a Jimi Hendrix suite.
