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A distraught mother has spoken out after a police SWAT team threw a stun grenade into her 19-month-old son's crib during a midnight drugs raid, leaving the baby in a medically induced coma with severe burns.
"It's my baby. He's only a baby!"
Alecia Phonesavanh, her husband, Bounkham, and their children including toddler, Bou Jr., were visiting her sister-in-law in Atlanta, Georgia, when police raided the home early Wednesday.
Speaking with WSBTV, the heartbroken mother revealed that the police tossed a stun grenade into her sleeping son's bed, causing it to explode in his face.
She said: "It landed in his playpen and exploded on his pillow right in his face.
"It's my baby. He's only a baby. He didn't deserve any of this."
The child was seriously injured and rushed to Grady Memorial Hospital's burn unit, where doctors have placed him in a medically induced coma.
"He's in the burn unit. We go up to see him and his whole face is ripped open. He has a big cut on his chest.
"He's only 19 months old. He didn't do anything."
It has been reported that the entire police unit is upset over the incident, which was an accident.
Friends of the Phonesavanh family have set up a fund to help pay for medical expenses for the little boy. To donate, click here.