Crime & Safety
Pedestrian Robbed, Stabbed in the Back in Nearby Normal Heights
A man was attacked early Thursday while walking down the sidewalk in Normal Heights.
NORMAL HEIGHTS - A man was robbed and stabbed in the back while walking in nearby Normal Heights early Thursday.
Two men reportedly approached the 28-year-old victim from behind around 2:15 a.m. while he was headed east on Adams Avenue near 36th Street. The assailants hit him in the head with an unknown object, knocking him to the ground, San Diego police officer Dino Delimitros said.
The suspects then took his backpack and fled, according to the officer.
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The victim did not know he had also been stabbed in his back until he got up. Delimitros said the man's injuries were not considered life- threatening.
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