Devoted soldier loses leg to save dog

EghtesadOnline: Devoted Iranian soldier who was spending his compulsorty military service term in Ajab Shir barracks in northwest of the country lost his leg when trying to save the life of a dog.

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22 December 2016

'Mohammad Baakhtar was trying to rescue a dog which was stuck in barbed wires surrounding the barracks when put his leg on a land mine,' an informed source said.

Baakhtar was sent to hospital for operations and he is in coronary care unit (CCU) presently, the source added.