Baby born after mother shot risks brain damage

DOCTORS are waiting to see if a baby delivered by paramedics in a Madrid church after his mother was shot dead has suffered brain damage, an official said.

The baby boy, saved in an emergency caesarean section, was in cardio-respiratory arrest at birth on Thursday evening, but was resuscitated with a chest massage, the Madrid emergency rescue official said.

It will be three days before doctors know if the infant suffered brain damage from lack of oxygen while inside his dead mother.