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Indian shot dead in New York

NEW YORK: An Indian was shot dead by a masked bandit in a bakery where he was working as a cashier, in a botched robbery attempt.

George Kuruvilla, 52, was shot dead but nothing was stolen from the store. The bandit burst into the bakery in Queens, a suburb of New York city, on Saturday around 6 p.m. local time and shot Kuruvilla in the head. — PTI

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