A 34-year-old Italian was
killed in a street fight in Barcelona yesterday morning, police
said Friday.
The fight took place in the working-class Raval district,
they said.
The man was stabbed and died of his wounds in hospital.
Catalan police said they had been called to a fight between
two men at calle Princep de Viana at around 4:30 in the morning.
The wounded man was rushed to Barcelona's Hospital del Mer,
where he died in the afternoon.
Catalan police have opened a probe.
Police have yet to release the identity of the dead man.
Italian consular officials are reportedly in touch with his
family.
Rome prosecutors said Friday they had opened a probe into
murder by person or persons unknown.
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