Teenage parents have uploaded sickening videos appearing to show them inflicting horrific abuse on their baby as he cries.
The footage, uploaded to Snapchat, shows a young child crying as it tries to remove a plastic bag over his head while people laugh in the background.
Police have attended a Melbourne house and a teenage girl is speaking to police in relation to the social media posts.
The baby was videoed struggling to breathe as a paper bag was put over his head (pictured)
One video was caption: ‘He is dying tonight for sure’ as water is tipped over the baby’s face (pictured)
Police attended a Preston address and say they found the child ‘safe and well’, after concerns were raised for the his welfare following the uploads.
In one of the videos, the crying baby tries to pull the paper bag off his head – but the person holding him forces it back on.
The person taking the video can be heard saying: ‘We’re not child abusers, we’re just teaching them discipline. Making sure that they’re not dead, but then can’t breathe.
One Snapchat caption, while the baby is lying in what looks like bath as water is tipped on its face, reads: ‘he is dying tonight for sure’ and on another while he cries: ‘I can’t believe he is steal (sic) alive’.
The pair defend their behaviour in another video, obscuring their faces with emoji icons.
‘That’s my child, that’s our child, yeah.
‘That’s my husband and that’s our child. And you’re not gonna teach us how to treat our child okay,’ the girl says.
The boy then adds: ‘If I wanna slap my child, I’ll slap him as much as I want’.
Victorian police told Daily Mail Australia that it’s now a matter for the DHS.
The DHS said: ‘The Department of Health and Human Services is unable to comment on individual matters.
‘The Department works with Victoria Police and a host of agencies to ensure the welfare of children at risk.’
No charges have been laid.
The pair, who claim to be the child’s parents, with obscured faces, defend their actions in another Snapchat video (pictured)