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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Matthew Cooper

Mo Farah's dad was tragically killed by shrapnel that hit his head from bazooka strike

Olympic hero Sir Mo Farah has revealed his dad was killed during Somalia's civil war when he was just four years old after a bazooka rocket exploded and the shrapnel "hit him on the head".

In his new BBC documentary 'The Real Mo Farah', the four-time Olympic gold medallist opened up about his life, revealing he had in fact been illegally trafficked to the UK at the age of nine and forced to work as a servant.

And in the documentary being aired tonight on BBC One at 9pm, Farah also revealed his father died amid civil war conflict in Somalia before he was trafficked into the country. His dad, Abdi, tragically was killed while tending to his cattle on the farm where the family lived.

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