An elderly woman who was attacked on Market Street in San Francisco Wednesday – the latest victim in a wave of attacks on Asians in the Bay Area – turned the tables on her assailant, leaving him with injuries that required a trip to a local hospital.
Xiao Zhen Xie, 76, told KPIX 5 in the Northern California city that she was waiting at a traffic light when a man allegedly punched her in her left eye.
The local news station described it as just the latest attack against an Asian American person in the city. Attacks on the Asian American community have been on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Xie said she fought back against the man with a nearby stick and, after authorities arrived at the scene, the man was taken away in a