A man was stabbed to death by robbers at dawn on Tuesday in central Athens, apparently to steal his camera, police said.
The 44-year-old man was attacked as he was taking out his car to take his pregnant wife to hospital to give birth to their second child.
Police said the man was heading for a car park near his home in the Patissia district when he was attacked by three assailants and suffered at least three stab wounds in the back, hands and neck as he tried to escape.
The attackers grabbed his camera and fled.
The victim's wife and mother-in-law, who were waiting in the couple's apartment for the man's return, seeing he was delaying, decided to go down and they found his body.
The two women suffered a strong shock, and neighbours called for an ambulance to take him to hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
According to information gathered by police, the perpetrators, still to be arrested, were three dark-skinned men, possibly foreign nationals.
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