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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Bevan Hurley and Rachel Sharp

Family defends man killed while apparently attacking Harlem bodega worker: ‘He’s not a monster’

Bluemoon convenience store

The family of a man who was stabbed to death after attacking a worker at a Harlem bodega insist he is “not a monster”.

Austin Simon, 35, was killed after an argument with Jose Alba that began over a bag of chips turned violent.

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