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Suspect Held in Fatal Bludgeoning of Sleeping Homeless Men

Associated Press

   NEW YORK - A homeless man wielding a long metal bar rampaged through
   New York City's Chinatown early Saturday attacking other homeless
   people who were sleeping, killing four and leaving a fifth with serious
   injuries, police said.

   Police recovered the weapon, which was still in the suspect's hands
   when he was arrested, officials said.

   "The motive appears to be, right now, just random attacks," Chief of
   Manhattan South Detectives Michael Baldassano said, adding there was no
   evidence yet that the victims were "targeted by race, age, anything of
   that nature."

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