Around 7 am, a woman, running along the Embarcadero was stabbed near Pier 19. A tourist who spoke Russian, told us what she saw through a translator.
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"We saw the young woman on her knees, she had a knife in her upper back," said the tourist named Galina.
She re-enacted the attack for police officers and said the suspect was agitated and swearing, and that he took off on a bicycle.
Ten minutes later, the same man is suspected of attacking another woman near Pier 39 with some sort of tool. She was helped into an ambulance with a bandage on her head.
Police say the attacks were random.
"It doesn't surprise me because San Francisco is kind of getting that way, too many people on the street a little psychotic," said San Francisco resident William Hall.
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William Hall lives on the Embarcadero. He's concerned about the violence and has taken steps to protect himself.
"I don't know what the solution is. I know it's an issue and I carry pepper spray all the time," Hall added.
The name of the suspect has not been released, but he's facing two counts of attempted homicide, assault with a deadly weapon and resisting arrest.
Police say both victims are recovering at a hospital and will survive.