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1. An Algerian man in Antwerp, Belgium, dies after a police officer was kneeling on his back during an arrest outside a bar. The death was compared to that of George Floyd.
   2020-07-21 11:03:58 (First version)
2. An Algerian man in Antwerp, Belgium, dies after a police officer knelt on his back during an arrest outside a bar. The death was compared to that of George Floyd.
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