A man was slashed in the throat while leaving a house party with a backpack full of marijuana in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood late Sunday night, police said today.
The attack was reported around 11:40 p.m. near the intersection of Page and Ashbury streets.
After leaving the party, the 29-year-old victim was approached by a suspect who attacked him and demanded his marijuana. When the victim refused, the suspect slashed him in the throat, according to police.
The suspect then fled and had not been found as of this morning, police said.
The victim was taken to a hospital and is expected to survive.
Anyone with information about the attack is asked to call the Police Department’s anonymous tip line at (415) 575-4444 or send a tip by text message to TIP411.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
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