Crime & Safety
Elderly Asian Woman Who Clobbered Her Attacker Talks About Terrifying Assault In San Francisco
San Francisco police said they are investigating an aggravated assault by a man who appears to be in his 30s on a 70-year-old woman.
By CBS San Francisco Staff:
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — An elderly woman attacked on Market St. in San Francisco Wednesday – the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area – spoke to KPIX 5 about turning the tables on her assailant, leaving him with injuries that required a trip to the hospital.
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From her senior retirement home in San Francisco, Xiao Zhen Xie candidly talked to KPIX 5 in an exclusive interview about the attack and her injuries, with her daughter Dong-Mei Li interpreting.
“Very traumatized, very scared and this eye is still bleeding,” Li told KPIX 5. “The right eye still cannot see anything and still bleeding and we have something to absorb the bleeding.”
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