# Guardian readers fund life-changing surgery for Somali boy injured in US airstrike

https://mins.news/en/item/86376

- The Guardian, 2026-10-05 12:00 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/05/guardian-readers-fundraising-somalian-boy-injured-in-us-strike-surgery-abdiqadir-salah

> A Guardian investigation found that a US drone strike on Jamaame, Somalia, killed at least 12 civilians, including eight children, and injured seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah and his siblings. Guardian readers funded his surgery and rehabilitation in Mogadishu. Doctors removed two shrapnel fragments but left a third because removing it could cause paralysis.