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Schoolboy's life saved by doctors who stored his skull in his stomach

A schoolboy who nearly died after being knocked off his bike was saved when surgeons put his skull inside his abdomen for three weeks.

Soccer-mad Jahfari Martin, nine, is making a full recovery thanks to the amazing surgery which saw the top of his skull placed inside his tummy for "safe-keeping".

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