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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mohamed Gabobe in Mogadishu and Mark Townsend

Seven-year-old Abdiqadir was hit in a US airstrike. Without a $750 operation, he may lose his ability to walk

A seven-year-old boy
Abdiqadir Salah has shrapnel in his back and thigh but treatment costs $1,000. His mother says: ‘What’s worse than being [unable to] do anything for [my] wounded children?’ Photograph: Family

A seven-year-old boy who was riddled with shrapnel during a deadly US airstrike in Somalia faces losing his ability to walk unless he has a £750 emergency operation.

But Abdiqadir Salah’s family cannot afford the surgery and the US – which refuses to admit that any civilians were killed or injured during its attack six months ago – appears unwilling to pay compensation to those affected by airstrikes in Somalia.

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