Two men were hospitalized early this morning after an attempted robbery near Dolores Park turned violent. The Examiner reports that the men were on the corner of 20th and Church Street, at the small sitting area above the Gay Beach, when two men tried to rob them — stabbing them in the face in the process.
The two twenty-something victims were at the corner, which boasts benches and a great view of San Francisco, at around 3:00 a.m. this morning when two other men who appeared to be in their twenties approached and demanded one of the men's wallet. The man refused to hand it over, and the attacker stabbed both men in the face and then fled.
The men are expected to survive, and no arrests have been made.
The area around Dolores Park has played host to similar robberies and attacks over the years, with many such incidents taking place late at night or early in the morning. In August of this year a gang of ten chased a man through the park, eventually catching up with him at 18th and Church Street — leaving him beaten and with a stab wound to the torso. In February, a group of seven attackers pistol whipped a man in the park and robbed him of his bag. In December of last year, a man was stabbed after refusing to buy weed in Dolores Park.
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