Philadelphia investigates tube cut probe

US police have launched an investigation after someone slipped into the rooms of six patients at a Philadelphia nursing home and cut their feeding tubes.

None of the six was harmed, and the tubes were reinserted after the discovery at the city-owned nursing home.

Police said they could not name a suspect, but vowed to make a quick arrest. Ten staff members were being questioned.

“For somebody to do this kind of act is extremely barbaric,” said police Inspector William Colarulo.