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Good Samaritan dies days after being attacked while trying to stop Melbourne shoplifters

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Good Samaritan dies days after being attacked while trying to stop Melbourne shoplifters

Van Viet Truong was critically injured after coming to the aid of a fellow retail worker in Sunshine

Council flags are flying at half-mast in honour of a good Samaritan who died days after he was allegedly attacked by shoplifting youths outside a local shopping strip.

Van Viet Truong was critically injured after he rushed to the aid of a fellow retail worker trying to stop the group stealing clothes at Sunshine in Melbourne’s west on Saturday, police allege.

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Originally reported by The Guardian. Read the full story at the original source.