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NY: Man Beaten Up Over Cellphone Dies Of His Injuries

November 15, 2019 2:36 pm

A Staten Island man brutally beaten for his iPhone on the Lower East Side last month has died from his injuries — and now cops are hunting for the mugger who killed him, police said Friday.

Giovanni DeStafano, 27, was walking along E. 5th St. near Avenue B, outside the Lower East Side Houses, about 9:50 p.m. on Oct. 20 when someone jumped him from behind, cops said.

The man repeatedly struck DeStafano in the head before running off with the victim’s iPhone 7, authorities said.

DeStafano suffered massive head injuries during the assault and was rushed to Bellevue Hospital.

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Many Sustain Injuries As PDP, APC Members Clash In Bayelsa

November 13, 2019 5:13 pm

Some members of the People’s Democratic Party were attacked on Wednesday by allegedly by members of the All Progressives Congress at King Koko Square in Nembe, Bayelsa State.

The attack was said to be a retaliation of an alleged attack by PDP member on APC members on their way to their party rally at Igbogene town in Yenago LGA in the State.

Violent clashes among suspected political thugs have increased in the state in recent weeks as voters go to the poll on Saturday to elect a new governor.

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Five Dead, Many Sustained Injuries In Philippine Quake

October 17, 2019 9:04 am

Five people were killed and dozens were injured after a powerful earthquake hit the southern Philippines, authorities said Thursday.

The 6.4-magnitude quake struck the Mindanao region on Wednesday night, reducing dozens of houses to rubble on the southern third of the Philippines.

On Thursday afternoon, authorities said five people were killed and 53 injured, mainly in a cluster of small farming towns.

Three people were killed in landslides while another was crushed by the collapsed wall of a house. The fifth suffered a fatal heart attack, the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council said.

No fatalities were reported in …