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stabbed her in the stomach and right arm, but she managed to fight back, calling upon her brother for help. Mangion saw
Francesco and lunged at him, fatally stabbing him in the chest. Seeing Cassar lying bleeding on the ground and his T-shirt covered in blood frightened him, so he fled, disposing of his knife and T-shirt in a reservoir at President Anton Buttigieg Street.
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On August 16, 1998, Mangion decided to rob his neighbours: 71-year-old
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