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Daily Mirror
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Christopher Bucktin

Kenyan hotel SAS hero who single handedly took on jihadis reveals his identity

The SAS hero who battled Kenyan hotel terrorists has spoken publicly for the first time, telling how being shot felt like "banging your funny bone times by 10,000".

The special forces veteran, known as Christian Craighead, revealed how his arm was once left "hanging by the triceps" after being hit by a bullet fired from a Dragunov sniper rifle.

Speaking on Evan Hafer's Black Rifle Coffee Podcast in the US, the decorated hero said: "In the back of my mind I'm like 'I've been shot, that's cool', then there's like 'I hope I don't lose my arm'."

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