Man 'could have swallowed thumb' in fight
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Published: 8 Apr, 2007 CET.
Updated: Sun 8 Apr 2007 12:41 CET
Police say it is possible that a young man may have swallowed another man's thumb in a fight in Jönköping on Saturday night.
The two men, aged 23 and 24, came to blows on a dancefloor at a party in the southern Swedish town. The 23-year-old bit off his antagonist's thumb, after which the thumb-less man knocked the other man's teeth out.
The men were taken to hospital, but doctor's hopes of sewing the 24-year-old's thumb back on faded after exhaustive searches failed to recover it.
Police have so far been unable to determine for sure whether the 23-year-old may have swallowed the other man's digit.
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The two men, aged 23 and 24, came to blows on a dancefloor at a party in the southern Swedish town. The 23-year-old bit off his antagonist's thumb, after which the thumb-less man knocked the other man's teeth out.
The men were taken to hospital, but doctor's hopes of sewing the 24-year-old's thumb back on faded after exhaustive searches failed to recover it.
Police have so far been unable to determine for sure whether the 23-year-old may have swallowed the other man's digit.
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