Cats’ ears cut off as others killed and swung around by their tails in string of ‘horrific’ attacks across Norwich

Police investigating possible links between incidents

A string of cat attacks are being investigated after two pets were found with their ears cut off and another was swung around by its tail in Norwich.

Norfolk Police said they had received five reports of attacks on cats in the city over the past two weeks.

One of five incidents involved a man seen putting a cat into a holdall bag, before dropping the bag and running off when confronted by a member of the public on Tuesday in Berners Street.