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A baby boy who was shot twice in the leg survived during an attack on a Kabul maternity unit that killed 24 people, including mothers, nurses and newborns.
Three gunmen, suspected of being members of the terrorist group ISIS, entered the building in the Afghan capital dressed as police officers before throwing grenades and opening fire with rifles on Tuesday.
At least two of the shot dead were newborn babies and 15 men, women and children were injured. The attackers were then shot dead.
But one of the newborns, who was born just three hours before the attack, survived after doctors operated on his shattered right leg, the Times reported.
And during the attack, another mother was forced to quietly give birth while hiding in a room with other pregnant women and a midwife as the butcher shop unfolded around her.
A baby boy who was shot twice in the leg during an attack on a Kabul maternity unit that killed 24 people, including mothers, nurses and newborns, has survived.
Three gunmen entered the building in the Afghan capital disguised as policemen before throwing grenades and opening fire with rifles on Tuesday. In the image: a surviving soldier is taken outside the building destroyed by a soldier.
The surviving injured newborn was among several of the babies who were cared for at the Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital in Kabul.
His mother, Nazia, was killed in the attack and his father Rafiullah gave the newborn the same name after letting his wife rest.
Dr. Noor ul-Haq Yousafzai, director of the hospital, told the Times: “We put the Nazia fracture so that she can walk when she grows up.”
‘But to see a newborn baby, just three hours old, he was shot twice. Everyone is shocked. This is inhumane.
It comes after an Afghan mother volunteered to breastfeed 20 of the surviving newborns after their mothers were killed and wounded in the attack on the Doctors Without Borders maternity unit.
At least two of the shot dead were newborn babies and 15 men, women and children were injured. The attackers were then shot dead
But one of the newborns, who was born just three hours before the attack, survived after doctors operated on his ‘shattered’ right leg.
Another of the surviving babies was also photographed in treatment at the French Children’s Medical Institute in Kabul.
Feroza Younis Omar, who is the mother of a 14-month-old boy and works at the country’s Ministry of Economy, is helping recovering newborns at Ataturk Hospital in Kabul.
She said: ‘All of us have been harmed by criminals who are destroying humanity in Afghanistan. I’m one of those. ‘
After storming the maternity unit, the gunmen entered a firefight with security forces that ended several hours later when the three were shot dead.
In a lengthy clean-up operation, heavily armed Afghan security forces brought the babies from the scene, at least one wrapped in a blood-soaked blanket.
Khadija, one of the few survivors of the attack, revealed that she had been forced to wait to hug her newborn son for the first time when the armed group stormed the unit just hours after she gave birth.
It comes after Afghan mother Feroza Younis Omar (pictured) offered to breastfeed 20 of the surviving newborns after their mothers were killed and injured in the attack on the Doctors Without Borders maternity unit.
The mother (pictured), who works at the country’s economy ministry, has a 14-month-old son and is breastfeeding babies who were in the maternity unit attacked by gunmen on Tuesday.
She said the intensive care room had been filled with smoke and bullets, but both she and her son survived, and Khadija herself had to hide under a table to avoid the bullets.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the attack, but President Ashraf Ghani blamed both the Taliban and the Islamic State group, but singled out the former and ordered the military to switch tactics from “defensive to offensive.” “when dealing with insurgents.
The Taliban have responded by warning that they are “fully prepared” to counter Afghan forces.
After the attack, at least twenty newborns were left without caregivers and were transferred to Ataturk Hospital in Kabul.
In the image, a nurse cares for a newborn baby who survived the attack. At least twenty newborns were left without caregivers. Some were transferred to Ataturk Hospital in Kabul, while others are being cared for at the city’s Indira Gandhi Children’s Hospital.
Afghan mother feeds newborn baby at Kabul Ataturk Hospital
On Wednesday, families of about 15 babies, whose mothers were killed, were waiting for news about what will happen to the children, according to the New York Times.
The hospital’s chief physician Jannat Gul Askarzada told reporters: ‘Twenty babies have been taken to Ataturk Hospital. One of them was sent to the children’s health hospital for orthopedic treatment. ‘
When the news hit the headlines in Afghanistan, many people took to Twitter to praise Feroza Younis Omar for her efforts, and a hashtag with her name went viral.
‘Masoom Musakhail’ tweeted, ‘That is humanity to feed the baby to martyred mothers.’
On Wednesday, the families of about 15 babies, whose mothers were killed, were waiting for news about what will happen to the children. In the image, a rescued mother and her newborn baby receive medical attention.
Meanwhile, his main partner in the Carnegie Endowment ‘Karim Sadjadpour’ called the mother ‘a true hero’.
Others have stepped forward to lead their example and help the families involved in the attack.
Kabul’s Aziza Kermani told local media: “I am ready to adopt one of the babies who have lost their mother or whose families do not have the financial capacity to raise them.”
Meanwhile, another resident of the capital who only identified herself as Fatima told a local store that she came to the hospital to help the children.
