Elderly Filipina hospitalized after attack in California

TJ Manotoc, ABS-CBN News

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Enelia Perez, 71, was hospitalized after being attacked and robbed outside a restaurant in California, USA on Aug. 28, 2022. Courtesy of Dennis Perez" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/08/30/20220830-elderly-filipina-california-attack.jpg"/><figcaption>Enelia Perez, 71, was hospitalized after being attacked and robbed outside a restaurant in California, USA on Aug. 28, 2022. <em>Courtesy of Dennis Perez</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>A 71-year-old Filipina was injured and hospitalized after being attacked and robbed outside a fast-food restaurant in Vallejo, California on Sunday.</p><p>Enelia Perez was leaving the restaurant when a man grabbed her purse, local media said.</p><p>Perez tried to resist the robber who persisted and allegedly hit her with a blunt object.</p><p>The robber reportedly escaped with the victim&#x27;s purse which had her money and ID cards.</p><p>ABS-CBN News has spoken to her stepson Dennis Perez, who confirmed the incident and said Perez is currently hospitalized.</p><p>The incident involving Perez adds to the list of recent attacks on Filipino-Americans in the US.</p><p>Just a day before Perez was attacked, a 74-year-old Filipina was assaulted unprovoked in Midtown Manhattan, New York.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/27/22/elderly-filipino-punched-in-face-in-latest-attack-in-new-york">74-year-old Filipino punched in face in latest unprovoked attack in New York</a></li></ul><p>Last week, a 60-year-old Fil-Am man who served in the Philippine Navy died from injuries in an unarmed robbery attack in Baltimore, Maryland, while a Fil-Am photographer was killed in a home invasion that led to a shooting in Everett, Washington.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/27/22/baltimore-fil-am-dies-from-injuries-sustained-in-attack">Baltimore Fil-Am dies from injuries sustained in attack</a></li>	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/08/26/22/fil-am-everett-residents-worried-after-shooting-death-of-pinay-photographer">Fil-Am Everett residents worried after shooting death of Pinay photographer</a></li></ul><div><strong>RELATED NEWS</strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/q2QglAI0obE?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more News on <a href="https://www.iwanttfc.com/#!/browse/Genres/News/tag_id_genres/id_news" target="_blank">iWantTFC</a></div>

A 71-year-old Filipina was injured and hospitalized after being attacked and robbed outside a fast-food restaurant in Vallejo, California.

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Elderly Filipina hospitalized after attack in California

Elderly Filipina hospitalized after attack in California

TJ Manotoc,

ABS-CBN News

Published Aug 30, 2022 12:57 PM PHT

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