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A group of armed men dressed as police on Tuesday attacked a maternity hospital that is part of a hospital run by the humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in Kabul, Afghanistan. Among the fatalities are two newborn babies, mothers who were in the maternity ward, pregnant women and an uncertain number of nurses, reports the Al-Jazeera.
“Gunmen attacked a hospital in District 13,” in the capital of Afghanistan, said Marwa Amini, a spokesman for the interior ministry.
Some photos from the Interior Ministry show two children killed inside the hospital, adds Al-Jazeera. In another image, a woman appears lying on the floor, still holding her baby.
According to the Reuters agency, which cites government sources, the attack began on Tuesday morning when three armed men dressed in police uniforms entered the Dasht-e-Barchi hospital and began shooting and throwing grenades. . The three men were shot down by security forces in the early afternoon.
There was no immediate claim for the deaths in Kabul. The Taliban, who claim to have stopped the attacks. Due to the agreement with the United States, they denied any involvement in what happened at the maternity hospital.
“The attackers fired inside this hospital for no reason. It is a government hospital, and many people bring women and children for treatment here, “Ramazan Ali, a provider who saw the start of the attack, told Reuters.
Reuters says that just hours before the attack, MSF shared a photo of a baby on Twitter who had just been delivered by caesarean section in her mother’s arms.
Soldiers from the Afghan National Army special forces managed to remove several children from the compound, some wrapped in blood-stained blankets. Authorities revealed that at least 100 people were rescued from inside the hospital.
Dasht-e-Barchi Hospital in Kabul, where @MSF motherhood runs, he was attacked. Explosions and shots were reported. Efforts are still underway to evacuate patients and staff. More information will follow.
– MSF Afghanistan (@MSF_Afghanistan) May 12, 2020
MSF says woman gave birth during attack
In statement sent to newsrooms on Wednesday, the humanitarian organization describes the attack on pregnant women, mothers and babies in the maternity hospital at Dasht-e-Barchi hospital in Kabul as “sick”.
“While pregnant women and babies sought medical assistance, an unknown number of attackers invaded the maternity hospital with a series of explosions and gunfire that lasted for hours,” says MSF, adding that the attack occurred at a time when access the essential is already limited to medical attention.
Also according to the statement, a woman gave birth during the attack and both mother and baby are fine. “We regret the loss of several patients and have an indication that at least one colleague was also killed. For the time being, even with uncertainty, our medical team is making an effort to accompany newborns in the maternity ward, to ensure the best possible care for our patients and wounded, to provide psychological care to affected personnel and psychological support to who is in mourning ”, also read in the note of the organization.
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