A woman has died after plunging from the tenth floor of a tower block with her three-old twins in her arms.

The 48-year-old was killed instantly and her children were rushed to hospital alive but ‘critically injured’ following the horror incident in Madrid this morning.

Named only as Maria so far, the Spanish mum was said to have bought presents for the youngsters from a nearby shop just hours earlier.

The family had gathered a day earlier to celebrate the children’s birthday.

One of the twins has been admitted to Madrid’s 12 de October University Hospital and the other is in a children’s hospital called the Hospital Infantil Nino Jesus.

Medics are said to have grave concerns the most seriously injured of the two children may not survive.

Their mum lived alone after splitting from he

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