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| Man had knife blade in his back for three years | Man had knife blade in his back for three years |
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| A Canadian man was scratching what he thought was an old itch when it turned out to be a knife blade that had been buried in his back for almost three years. | A Canadian man was scratching what he thought was an old itch when it turned out to be a knife blade that had been buried in his back for almost three years. |
| Billy McNeely said this week that it went back to a birthday party in his home town, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, in April 2010. McNeely got into a fight over an arm-wrestling contest and was stabbed five times. A doctor stitched him up at the time but did not take any x-rays of the wound. | Billy McNeely said this week that it went back to a birthday party in his home town, Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories, in April 2010. McNeely got into a fight over an arm-wrestling contest and was stabbed five times. A doctor stitched him up at the time but did not take any x-rays of the wound. |
| Ever since then McNeely had set off metal detectors, and he had a lump in his back where the knife went in. It never stopped nagging him and grew more painful this week. | Ever since then McNeely had set off metal detectors, and he had a lump in his back where the knife went in. It never stopped nagging him and grew more painful this week. |
| Doctors dug out a blade measuring about 7cm (2.7in). | Doctors dug out a blade measuring about 7cm (2.7in). |
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