San Francisco authorities are investigating what prompted a 54-year-old man to brutally attack and knife two elderly Asian women in broad daylight.
The victims, in their 60s and 80s, were waiting for a bus at 5 p.m. Tuesday when an armed man, later identified as Eddy Street, ambushed them.
“It was a pretty big knife, it had knuckled on the handle and the blade had holes in there like a military knife,” an Asian witness said.
“I’m kind of worried because my back was turned, it could have been me instead.”
Police said that the women bled profusely and the older one had undergone surgery.
“Her back was turned and all I see was the feathers coming out of her jacket, so I’m very sure that she got sliced.”
The witness recalled how the assailant “walked away like nothing happened, like Sunday morning.”
San Francisco Police Supervisor Matt Haney said that the incident was likely a hate crime: “This is happening to Asian people in our community specifically, this is a pattern.”
