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18. 02. 10. - 13:00

Octo-boy plea

Croatian Times. To some in his remote Indian village he is a living version of India's multi-limbed God Lakshmi and worshipped every day as holy.

To others eight-year-old Kumar Paswan is a monster, is stoned on sight and forced to hide away his astonishing medical condition.

But all the tragic youngster wants is to be normal and has launched an appeal for the thousands of pounds needed for an operation to remove his parasitic twin.

The twin stopped developing in the womb before it separated fully from Kumar and has left him with seven limbs.

When he was born the doctors said he wouldn't live long but here he is and apart from how he looks he is very healthy, said his dad Veeresh Paswan, of Bihar, eastern India.

I am tired of being different. I just want to live normally, added the youngster.

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