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USA: One dead and two injured in a knife attack in New York

An Italian student at Columbia University was stabbed and left his last breath in the early hours of Friday (3/12) in New York, by a young man who then stabbed a second Italian and injured a third passerby.

Her police New York confirmed his death yesterday (3/12) Davide Jiri, 30, who succumbed to his injuries at the hospital where he had been taken. The unfortunate student was at Haarlem, in the northwest Manhattan, when he was attacked by the young man, who had previously been imprisoned for other acts of violence.

In his announcement the president of the university Lee Bollinger confirmed his “tragic loss” Davide, who was studying at Columbia School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. The Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs He also said that a second Italian was injured in the attack, who is in New York for vacation. According to the New York police, the 27-year-old Italian has injuries on his body and his condition is considered stable.

The 25-year-old perpetrator was arrested a short time later, in his north Central Park, when he threatened with a knife a third man, aged 29 years.

The newspaper «Daily News» reported that the perpetrator is a member of a gang from Queens and has served four years in prison and has been arrested several times for violent incidents.

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