Nashik, Jul 6 (PTI) A 19-year-old man was attacked and killed by unidentified persons in Maharashtra's Nashik district, police said on Wednesday.

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According to the police, Sadar-e-Alam Mohammed Shabbir Sheikh, a resident of Sanjeevnagar, was attacked with sharp weapons behind a mosque in the area late on Tuesday night.

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The men fled after critically injuring the victim, who was found lying on the road by some passers-by, an official said.

Sheikh was rushed to the district hospital by the police and was declared dead by the doctors, he said, adding that a case of murder has been registered with the Ambad police.

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