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Brutal Flatiron Beating Leaves Man in Serious Condition

Tom Liddy

By Tom Liddy on June 11, 2011 9:55am

A man was severely beaten Saturday morning on 22nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Flatiron

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By Tom Liddy

DNAinfo News Editor

FLATIRON - A man was severely beaten on a Flatiron street early Saturday morning, officials said.

The 27-year-old victim was found unconscious with severe head and body trauma near 172 Fifth Ave., which is near 22nd Street.

Sources said that he may have been attacked by a group of people.  

The motive for the beating was not immediately clear.

He was rushed to Bellevue Hospital in serious condition.

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