SADLY, five-year-old twins were discovered dead in the Bronx.

THE BROOKLYN – The bodies of two small children were discovered in the Bronx on Monday morning, according to the NYPD.

After 11 a.m., police were summoned to an apartment on the 200 block of East 175th Street in Mount Hope.

The boy and girl, who are five-year-old twins, were discovered dead, according to authorities.

The city’s medical examiner is now on the scene upstairs, where authorities are trying to figure out what caused the children’s deaths.

The bodies of two young children were discovered in the Mount Hope district of the Bronx, according to the NYPD.
Officials have stated that they are treating this as a crime scene, despite the fact that there is no evidence of foul play at this time.

According to authorities, the mother was in the flat when they arrived. The mother is being treated in the hospital and is not wounded, but she is extremely upset.

The children’s father is being questioned by authorities at the 46th police station, where he is said to be cooperating.

“When you go up, and you see two 5-year-olds laying on the floor unresponsive and cold at this time of the year, you could imagine what the family is going through, what the mother is going through and the father. At the time the father wasn’t home, so what’s going on through his mind. We have to do our job at the crime scene. We do feel For everybody the community as well as the family,” NYPD Assistant chief Benjamin Gurley said.

FOX 5 NY learned the children were pulled from school last week after they were sick and police are holding out hope that no one is at fault, while struggling themselves to process this scene.

The cause of death is unknown. An investigation is ongoing.

This is a breaking story. Stay with FOX 5 NY for the latest.

When news breaks, stream FOX 5 NY anytime. Get the FOX Local app on your smart TV.