From Al Jazeera · Faisal Ali · · 1m
A year on, Somalia boy still carries US strike shrapnel
Nearly a year after a suspected US air strike in southern Somalia, a seven-year-old carries embedded shrapnel that doctors say removing could paralyse him.
In brief
Nearly a year after a suspected US air strike in southern Somalia, a seven-year-old carries embedded shrapnel that doctors say removing could paralyse him. A seven-year-old boy in Somalia still carries shrapnel from a suspected US air strike a year later, with doctors warning removal risks paralysis. Originally…
Boy carries shrapnel from suspected US strike
Abdiqadir Salah, age seven, still has shrapnel embedded in his body nearly a year after a suspected US air strike around Jamaame, Somalia, in November 2025.
Removal risks paralysis, doctors warn
Doctors have warned that removing the metal fragment lodged near his hip could leave him paralysed, forcing his mother Maryam Haji Abdi Guled to accompany him to school.
Mother fears further injury during play
Maryam Haji Abdi Guled fears another child might push her son while playing, disturbing the fragment of metal lodged near his hip and causing further harm.
The short version
A seven-year-old boy in Somalia still carries shrapnel from a suspected US air strike a year later, with doctors warning removal risks paralysis.
