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Another witness who was in his car close to the metro station showed the BBC footage he took of the two soldiers lying on the street in their uniforms while being treated by medics.

The doctors' union, the British Medical Association, is in a long-running dispute with the government over pay for the medics, who were formerly known as junior doctors.

"They arrive trembling, too intimidated even to speak," one medic says.

The AFP correspondent did not see any damage to the mosque, while a medic said that rescue workers were removing body parts from the area.

Kobi Crolla is not yet 18 months old but he has spent almost all his life in hospital as medics treat him for severe brain damage.