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Man Saws Off Own Leg In Rural China

Posted 14 October 2013 4:13 GMT

Fauna from China SMACK translated a terrible news story about a man in rural China who sawed off his own leg at home because he had no money to go to hospital to have a proper surgery.

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Written byOiwan Lam

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