Tunisian surgeons remove a dagger that has been embedded in the back of an Algerian for 25 years

 Tunisian surgeons were able to extract the remains of a dagger from the back of an Algerian citizen who had needed it for about 25 years, according to Tunisian media reports yesterday.

The surgeons removed the dagger, which was embedded in the body of the injured Tariq Fleilisa, at a depth of more than five centimeters.

Fleesa said in a video published by Algerian media that he was stabbed in 1997 during skirmishes with other people in the city of Setif, after which he was transferred to the hospital for treatment, but the doctors did not notice the remnants of the dagger.

Fleesa added, according to the German news agency "DPA", that he had been taking injections and sedatives for years because of the excruciating pain he was feeling and hindering him from working in addition to psychological troubles, without knowing that he was keeping a piece of a dagger between his ribs.

In the end, the dagger was discovered a few months ago after he underwent x-rays, but the doctors in Setif Hospital and in the capital, Algiers, refused to perform the operation because of its danger and the presence of the dagger near the spine.

Filisa made a video call to the local authorities in Setif to help him go abroad to undergo the surgery, before choosing to travel to Tunisia, where he successfully operated.

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