A woman seen fleeing the Jewish supermarket at the end of Friday's bloody siege with her baby in her arms was last night recovering in hospital from her ordeal. Sarah Bitton hid with her 11-month-old baby in the cold storage room of Hyper Cacher when gunman Amedy Coulibaly burst into the shop, killing four people. After being rescued by police, she told medical workers she feared her child might have suffered from hypothermia following their ordeal. But the child was reported to be "safe and healthy", with rosy cheeks and a normal temperature of 37C. Miss Bitton, the daughter of a kosher butcher's shop owner in Uccle, Belgium, was pictured escaping alongside armed officers out of Hyper Cacher, clutching the baby, in a series of dramatic photographs. She was given immediate first aid treatment by paramedics at the scene before the pair were rushed to an unnamed Paris hospital. A source said: "The mother is happy and relieved. The baby did not suffer from hypothermia following his period in the cold store. Both mother and baby are doing well." It is expected that Miss Bitton will be reunited with her family today.
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