An elderly Asian man was waiting for a bus in San Francisco when a stranger suddenly kicked him to the ground.
The heartbreaking attack was captured on camera and left 84-year-old Rong Xin Liao with a huge scar on his head.
The elderly man says he is now terrified to go outside amid a surge of harassment and violent hate crimes in the country.
In an interview with KGO-TV, Laio said: “Every day there is crime in San Francisco. Old people have to be careful.”
His ordeal started on February 20 last year while he was waiting for a bus near the intersection of Leavenworth and Eddy streets.
Surveillance footage shows the elderly man sitting in his walker when the attacker, who was later identified as 23-year-old Eric Ramos-Hernandez, runs up to him before kicking him to the ground.
The senior lost consciousness and sustained a head injury that required six stitches.
“I didn’t do anything to him,” he expressed.
The 23-year-old attacker was eventually arrested and he is scheduled to appear in court next month.
Reports say that no motive has been found behind the brutal attack.
One person commented: “What would possess someone to do such a thing? Honestly he needs to be removed from society. If he would attack a random vulnerable elderly person he isn’t fit to be on the streets unsupervised.”
Another wrote: “Seriously who raised this creep? Don’t have children if you can’t look after them and take the time to teach them about right and wrong and the consequences of their (in) actions.”
A third added: “So BRAVE attacking an unsuspecting elderly person. Why commit such a cowardly act. I’m not religious per se, but do think they will know the pain they have caused when they leave this world.”
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