• Baby boy saved from womb after Syria regime air strike
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[t]http://resources2.news.com.au/images/2014/08/12/1227021/279962-296cd554-21a2-11e4-b035-3276a1bc3645.jpg[/t] [QUOTE]The mother and her newborn son were among 23 people wounded in a Syrian regime air raid, the Mirror reports. According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group, 12 people were killed in the strike. The video, graphic in places, shows the baby being administered oxygen, his tiny head bandaged to stem a flow of blood from shrapnel wounds. Around him lie pieces of bloody cotton wool and other medical detritus. The amateur video was released by militants in the city of Raqa in northeastern Syria. “This baby’s mother was wounded in the belly, and we had to remove him. He was hit in the head by shrapnel, and the doctors are trying to save him,” said a commentary accompanying the footage. It is understood the infant’s mother also survived the shelling, but 12 others – including five children – are said to have died. Raqa city is held by Islamic State (IS) jihadist fighters – the same organisation currently making significant incursions into northern Iraq.[/QUOTE] The video is in the source: [URL="http://www.news.com.au/world/baby-boy-saved-from-womb-after-syria-regime-air-strike/story-fndir2ev-1227021284490"]http://www.news.com.au/world/baby-boy-saved-from-womb-after-syria-regime-air-strike/story-fndir2ev-1227021284490[/URL]
[QUOTE]He was hit in the head by shrapnel, and the doctors are trying to save him[/QUOTE] :(
It's amazing they're able to do this in such poor conditions.
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