The Daily Telegraph

‘Miracle’ baby survives being shot in the womb

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A Brazilian baby shot while still in his mother’s womb survived and has been called a “miracle”.

Claudineia dos Santos Melo was almost nine months pregnant with Arthur when she was hit by a bullet from a shoot-out in a Rio slum. She was in a non-life threatenin­g condition yesterday while Arthur was critical, in a case that has shocked Brazilians.

Gynaecolog­ist José Carlos Oliveira said Arthur’s survival was “a miracle happening before our eyes”.

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