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Man stabbed during altercation

11dec05

A MAN was stabbed in Sydney's south tonight in what appears to be further race-related violence.

A police spokesman said a 23-year-old man is in St George Hospital in a serious condition following an altercation at the corner of Gannons Road and Denman Avenue in Woolooware about 10.25pm (AEDT).

Radio 2GB reported the victim had a knife "embedded in his back".

The police spokesman said: "The 23-year-old man was with friends outside a golf club when a group of males of Mediterranean or Middle Eastern appearance approached him.

"Following a short conversation the 23-year-old sustained stab wounds. Police are appealing for help from anyone who witnessed the incident."

The attack follows the race-fuelled near-riot today at Cronulla beach, where several people of Middle Eastern appearance were set upon by mobs of youths, many affected by alcohol.

About the same time tonight, up to 50 carloads of youths smashed over 100 cars with baseball bats and other weapons in the eastern beach suburb of Maroubra, in apparent retaliation of the Cronulla beatings.

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