Dev Patel breaks up fight that resulted in stabbing injury in South Australia

English actor and others witnessed attack in Adelaide city centre and remained with victim until arrival of emergency services

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English actor Dev Patel successfully broke up a fight outside a convenience store in South Australia in which a man was stabbed in the chest.

Representatives confirmed Patel - who has starred in films including Slumdog Millionaire, Lion and The Green Knight - and his friends witnessed a violent altercation that was already in progress outside a convenience store".

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