After 75-year-old dies from attack, alarm increases in Oakland's Asian community

Pak Ho, from Hong Kong, was robbed and assaulted by a man police said had a history of victimizing elderly Asian people

A 75-year-old man from Hong Kong died in Oakland, California, on Thursday, after being robbed and assaulted by a man police said had a history of victimizing elderly Asian people.

Pak Ho had been taking his early morning walk on Tuesday, authorities said, when a man approached him to forcibly rob him. In the course of the robbery, the man allegedly punched Ho, causing him to fall to the ground, hit his head and suffer a traumatic brain injury.