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This friendship got off on the wrong foot

| Publication date 16 May 2017 | 08:59 ICT

This friendship got off on the wrong foot

One youth’s enthusiasm for dance wasn’t appreciated by a rival, who attacked him outside a club in Poipet town on Saturday.

The victim was showing off his moves when he accidentally stepped on his foe’s foot.

Borrowing a knife, the suspect then sliced his opponent in the back and, when police came to make the arrest, readily confessed to settling the score for his stubbed toe.

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