Woman gives birth after assault
A heavily pregnant woman went into labour and gave birth after she was attacked by muggers in a London street.
Two men on bicycles rode up to the woman and forced her to the ground as she walked through Camden.
They stole her jewellery and fled but their 30-year-old victim, although unhurt, went into labour.
She was taken to hospital and gave birth. Mother and child are said by police to be doing well following the attack on Thursday.
The suspects are described as black men aged
between 17 and 20 who fled in the direction of Swiss Cottage, leaving
one of the bicycles behind.
BBC.co.uk 29/11/08
This is appalling. As are the killings and terrorism in Mumbai. And the bombing in Baghdad. And the millions of people abused, tortured, raped, kidnapped, killed each day. From time to time we wonder - why? One cannot blame one's socio-political situation that 'pushes' oneself into act of terrorism or violence. Surely a part inside would be struggling to shout "stop" before one hits a child, or rapes a pregnant woman, or drops a bomb on civilians? Or am I getting it completely wrong? Isn't conscience a universal property or is it a graded, priviledged attribute that by chance, you are either born with it or you aren't? I still believe in the goodness of Man and the innate innocence. But why are there so many misled souls who have got it completely wrong and resort to terrorism and violence just to prove a point? God save them.