An American man has died and another is seriously injured after a knife attack in Portugal on Wednesday.

Authorities in Cascais, a popular coastal town near Lisbon, say one of the two victims, a 34-year-old American man, was walking back to his hotel around 3 a.m. Wednesday when three suspects approached him.

One of the suspects started a verbal altercation, attempting to touch the victim’s hat, then punching him three times in the face when he asked them to stop.

The victim attempted to flee and called his friend, a 35-year-old American man, for help. When his friend arrived a few minutes later, one of the three suspects retrieved a knife from his car and stabbed both men in the face, arms, and back.

The 34-year-old victim sustained deep cuts to his face and chest and was quickly

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