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WAJID, Somalia (AP) - Abukar Mursal stopped going outside to play after a bullet grazed his back during a soccer game in Mogadishu, the wretched seaside capital where he was born.
Abukar, just 15 years old, simply added sports to his list of banned activities — no joining up with militiamen patrolling the streets. No guns. And finally, no soccer with his friends.
"In Mogadishu, fighting is everywhere," Abukar told The Associated Press some three months after he fled the city in a car packed with his parents, three siblings and other relatives. "Every morning we heard bullets. I thank God we left that place."
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