Two elderly Asian-American women stabbed in San Francisco attack
- Man with knife approached a bus stop, stabbed the women, then walked away
- Asian-Americans have been the target of unprovoked attacks in US cities
Police in San Francisco have arrested a man who they say is suspected of stabbing two Asian-American women without warning in the city’s Mid-Market area.
Officers were sent to 4th and Stockton streets shortly before 5pm on Tuesday and found the wounded women, who were taken to a hospital. There was no immediate word on their conditions.
The women were 65 and 85, authorities said.
Witnesses told KPIX-TV that a man clutching a knife was walking down Market Street when he approached a bus stop, stabbed the women, and then walked away.
A 54-year-old San Francisco man was arrested on suspicion of committing the attack several hours later, police told the station.
Asian-Americans have been the target of several unprovoked attacks in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent months and in other US cities.