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Algerian man stabbed to death in Athens neighborhood of Exarchia

A 26-year-old man died in the early hours of Sunday after being attacked in the central Athenian neighborhood of Exarchia.

Hospital sources told the state-run Athens-Macedonia News Agency that the man, identified as an Algerian national, was stabbed with a sharp object and arrived at a local hospital at around 4.30 a.m. Medics were unable to save him.

Meanwhile, another 26-year-old man from Bangladesh is also being treated for stabbing injuries at the capital’s Evangelismos Hospital, leading authorities to believe that the two incidents may be linked.

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