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A 12-year-old girl has left doctors speechless after
crying stones instead of tears.
Saadiya Saleh, who lives in a village in Yemen, produces the small, hard
stones beneath her eyelids.
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They are then naturally pushed to the front of her eyes, before falling
down her cheeks.
A video of the bizarre phenomenon was posted on YouTube by Yemeni
television channel Azal.
Footage shows Saadiya lying on a hospital bed, surrounded by doctors and
relatives - one of whom can be seen brushing a stone out of the child's
eye with a cloth.
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A doctor then holds up a small box full of stones that have fallen out
of Saadiya's eyes in just a few hours.
Medics said they could not give an explanation for the condition - with
Saadiya not suffering from any known disease, according to the Daily
Mirror.
However, locals have spoken of their fears that the young girl is
possessed by magic.
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'The case has triggered panic in the area where this girl lives,' a
presenter can be heard saying in the video.
'Some say the girl could be gripped by a magic spell, while others say
it might be the devil.
'Others fear it could be the start of a dangerous epidemic.'
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