Owner survives violent knife attack caught on camera at SF restaurant

SAN FRANCISCO - The owner of a small Middle Eastern restaurant in San Francisco ’s Mid-Market neighborhood says he’s lucky to be alive after a woman stabbed him inside his kitchen during a violent confrontation over the weekend.

What we know:

The attack happened Saturday around 7:30 p.m. at Shawarma Azmi on 6th Street. Azmi Murait, the restaurant’s owner and only employee working at the time, says the violence began when he asked a woman and her friends to leave after witnessing suspected drug activity inside.

Video shows the confrontation escalating, with the woman throwing a tip jar at Murait, who responds by tossing a receipt holder at her. The scuffle spilled into the kitchen, where she grabbed a knife and began stabbing him repeatedly.

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