Elderly man stabbed to death in Delhi

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An elderly man said to have mental health issues was stabbed to death by unidentified bike-borne assailants in south Delhi, police said on Friday.

Ram Lal, 60, was out for a walk near his home in Madangir locality when he was stabbed several times in his stomach and chest on Thursday night. A local resident tipped off police about the man who lay in a pool of blood on a street after the attack.

A passer-by told police that two-three men attacked the man and escaped as he collapsed. Ram Lal succumbed to his injuries in hospital.

Police is scanning closed-circuit television footage from the area to identify the murderers.