The injuries sustained by the two women were believed to be life threatening at the time of attack.
“I was told the knife nicked her lung and ribcage. It was a really long knife,” Ms Fong’s grandson, Drew Eng, told ABC TV.
The alleged attacker was identified as 54-year-old Patrick Thompson, who was arrested at around 7pm local time on Tuesday, two hours after the attack. He has been booked under two counts of attempted murder and two counts of elder abuse.
Investigators say they are looking into the motivation behind the attack and have not ruled out the possibility of racial motivation.
"You just don't think it's going to happen so close to home until it does. So you just got to be super aware of your loved ones," said the 85-year-old victim's grandson.
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Police in San Francisco arrested a suspect Tuesday in a double-stabbing of elderly Asian women, according to CBS San Francisco.
A 54-year-old male suspect was arrested in the city’s Mid-Market area Tuesday afternoon, according to San Francisco Police Public Information Officer Michael Andraychak. The charges against the suspect are pending, and the possibility of a hate crime charge is unclear at the moment.
The suspect allegedly stabbed two Asian women, including 85-year-old Chui Fong Eng, according to the CBS report.
Eng’s grandson, Drew Eng, told KPIX 5 that his grandmother was shopping in Chinatown and was attacked while waiting for the bus.
Two Asian Women Stabbed In Disgusting And Horrific San Francisco Attack
Two Asian women were stabbed in San Francisco s Chinatown neighborhood Tuesday, one of whom is 85 years old. A suspect has been arrested and charges are pending, CBS San Francisco affiliate KPIX reports. It was not immediately clear if the women were targeted because of their race.
The affiliate has identified the 85-year-old victim as Chui Fong Eng, whose grandson, Drew Eng, spoke exclusively to reporter Betty Yu. He said his grandmother had been grocery shopping and was waiting for the bus on Market Street when the attack happened.
He said she was attacked from behind and stabbed through the arm and into the chest. Eng said his grandmother has lived in San Francisco for 50 years and nothing like this has ever happened to her.