Global Dispatch: Readers rally to help Somali child injured in US drone strike
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Tracy McVeigh
Summary
This Global Dispatch newsletter highlights the goodness of strangers, focusing on a story about a US drone attack on civilians in Somalia. Readers of The Guardian responded to the story by raising money to help seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah, who was left with shrapnel injuries in the attack that also wounded his brother and sister. The piece reflects on humanity and compassion amid the inhumanity of war.
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It was unexpected this week when readers reacted to our story about the US drone attack on civilians in Somalia by raising money to help one of the surviving victims.
Seven-year-old Abdiqadir Salah was left with shrapnel injuries in the attack, which also wounded his brother and sister.
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