Guinea-Bissau boy arrives in Japan for surgery

FUKUOKA, Japan - Lazaro Te, a 16-year-old boy from Guinea-Bissau, arrives at Fukuoka airport on May 16 for surgery to remove bomb fragments that have remained inside his body for six years.

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