‘Help… Robbers!’ 11-year-old Asian girl forced into bathroom while men ransack family’s home

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    SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — A San Francisco girl scrawled “Help… Robbers!” on a wall in the bathroom she was forced to stay in by one of two men who ransacked her family’s home in the Portola district of San Francisco Friday afternoon.

The girl’s cousin, who is the homeowner, wants to stay anonymous, but shared with ABC7 News anchor Dion Lim details of what happened after he returned home from a cemetery in Colma that day.
The homeowner’s horrifying day started when he discovered his car had been broken into after picking weeds and tidying up family members’ graves. Little did he know he would return to the Portola home he has lived in for 28 years, to find his belongings strewn about and thousands in currency and cameras stolen. He showed Dion the cases that were ripped from pillows so the thieves could use them as bags to haul more items.

He recalled how his 11-year old cousin was grabbed by the shirt by one of the men and forced into the bathroom where she scrawled in pencil her message.

The girl was terrified she was going to be kidnapped or killed and wrote the message in pencil on the wall, along with her name which ABC7 News has redacted for privacy reasons.
The girl was not hurt.

This crime comes at a time when Asian Americans are on edge due to a wave of attacks targeting the AAPI community. Law enforcement agencies have warned Asian American families not to keep large amounts of cash at home, especially after the Lunar New Year.

The SFPD Burglary Detail is investigating this incident.

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