SEATTLE — Michael Darigol was walking alone through Pioneer Square after attending a Mariners game when he was attacked in what one police officer described as “one of the most brutal unprovoked assaults” he had ever seen.

“I’m scared to go outside. Truly,” Darigol said.

Three weeks after the attack, Darigol returned to the site of the attack for the first time. He said he struggles to remember what happened.

“It was such a crazy thing that I lost a lot of memory from the experience. I just remember being beaten ruthlessly,” he said.

On August 6, around 11 p.m., three people confronted Darigol, stealing his wallet, phone, shoes and Mariners hat. According to police, the suspects continued to beat him after he lost consciousness.

Police say one of the suspects returned to the scene and

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