Horror hyena attack: top surgeons to rebuild little Rodwell's face

In pictures taken earlier this year, the nine-year-old in the superhero T-shirt smiles at his mom – a typical little boy who’d come home dusty and happy from a soccer match with his friends.

But those carefree days are a thing of the past for Rodwell Khomazana now. His life changed in a few harrowing minutes when he was mauled in the face by a hyena while at an all-night church service with his grandmother in May.

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