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A 26-year-old man was killed and a 28-year-old man was injured in a knife fight in Olathe, Kansas. Police responded to an armed disturbance and found the victims with stab wounds. The injured man was taken to the hospital, while a 22-year-old suspect was arrested. There is no ongoing threat to the community.
Four teenagers were hospitalized after a massive knife fight involving two rival youth gangs in Eskilstuna, Sweden. At least three other teenagers have been arrested in connection with the incident, which police have classified as attempted murder. The injured teenagers are all ninth-graders at a local school, and two of them are in serious condition. Sweden has seen a rise in gang-related violence, including shootings and stabbings, in recent years.
A knife fight in NYC's East Village left one man dead and another wounded. Michael Gillegbower, 31, was found with several stab wounds to his torso and was pronounced dead at the hospital. An unidentified 28-year-old man, who had been stabbed in the back, was taken into custody and brought to the hospital. The incident shocked neighbors of the normally "quiet block." Two knives were found at the scene, and a friend of the deceased described him as a good person who loved fixing and riding bikes.