Posted on 02/12/2022 9:07:56 PM PST by BenLurkin
The woman arrived at a hospital in Peshawar after trying to extract the 5cm (two-inch) nail with pliers.
Initially, she told doctors that she had carried out the act herself, but later admitted a faith healer who had claimed he could guarantee she gave birth to a baby boy was responsible.
Police began investigating after x-ray images of the injury appeared online.
Dr Haider Khan, a staff member at the Lady Reading Hospital, said the woman was "fully conscious, but was in immense pain," when she arrived seeking treatment.

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That is for only when it hits a bone.
I knew as a kid that if I stepped on a nail, I would have to get a Tetanus shot. The woman risked a nasty case of lock-jaw. I bet the quack doctor knew that. He wanted to make sure he kept her shut up.
When your only tool is a hammer....
Doug and Dinsdale Piranha were born on 27 , January 1928 and then again on 30, January 1928.
Their father, Arthur Piranha , a retired scrap metal collector and tv quizmaster was very well known to the police.
In 1927 he married the then “Kitty’’ Malone, an up and coming East End boxer.
Nail a couple into his noodle so they can hook up the jumper cables.
Maybe it was discount acupuncture.
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That would have been known as the M&M murders.
And they shove his head in face down and Spilotro turned the vice till his eyes popped out.
I believe you know who they were trying to get info on. He died Aug of 2020.
The Family secrets trial was about the Killing of Tony Spilotro and his brother...If I remember right. That trial they identified 38 murders/hits by the Chicago outfit.
Excellent! Steve Martin was made for Stand Up Comedy.
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