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Police have arrested a 54-year-old man suspected of stabbing two Asian women on a busy San Francisco street Tuesday evening.
It happened just a few blocks away from the city’s landmark Union Square shopping district just before 5 p.m., authorities told FOX 2 of the Bay Area.
Both victims were rushed to a hospital. Their conditions were not immediately disclosed.
Aerial images above the scene show multiple police vehicles present at the San Francisco intersection where a double stabbing took place. (FOX 2 Bay Area)
The unidentified suspect -- described as a San Francisco resident -- fled before police arrived, and the search ensued. He was arrested around 7 p.m. local time, police said. Charges were pending and a motive had not yet been determined, police said.
ASIAN WOMAN ROBBED, DRAGGED BY VEHICLE IN SAN FRANCISCO
Authorities were asking anyone with information to contact the San Francisco Police Department’s tip line at 1-415-575-4444 or Text a Tip to TIP411 and begin the text message with SFPD.
The stabbings came amid a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes across the country.
In late March, horrific video showed an Asian woman being punched, robbed, and then dragged by a vehicle in a San Francisco neighborhood in broad daylight.
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A national Asian American advocacy group, Asian Industry B2B, called on the Biden administration last month to take action to address the spike.
