A witness, who did not want to be identified, said the 19-year-old were attacked Sunday morning because they refused a stranger's advances.
NEW YORK -- Twin sisters were attacked inside a Brooklyn deli early Sunday morning by a man who, police sources say, tried to flirt with them.One was killed and the other was injured. Police have launched a manhunt for the person responsible.'It's horrible. It's sad. It's very sad,' Miriam Ortiz said.Ortiz was among those to visit a growing memorial outside the home of 19-year-old Samyia Spain, who died after being stabbed twice at around 2:30 a.m.
The witness said the man then came back to the deli and things took a turn for the worse.'He's banging on the door. They lock the door. Then he walked away again. So they unlocked the door so everyone can leave. So the second they open the door, he ran back into the door and started attacking them,' the witness said.A worker at the deli said the twins had been coming there for years.'They're very nice. I know their father, too.
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