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<p><span style="line-height: 1.42857;">A Russian man has been put into protective custody in hospital after he was attacked by a crowd of angry Mexicans in Cancun, authorities say.</span><br></p><p>Police rescued 43-year-old Aleksei Makeev, on Friday night after the crowd stormed his apartment in the Caribbean resort.</p><p>The man had allegedly posted disparaging and insulting remarks about local people in videos on social media.</p><p>He was accused of fatally stabbing someone during the affray, the authorities said.</p><p>A crowd of locals tried to confront Makeev over his comments, and managed to gain entry into his apartment after the encounter turned violent. </p><p>According to local official Guillermo Brahms, a young man who was injured later died in hospital. </p>
