A San Francisco grocery store security guard says he was attacked by a knife-wielding customer who yelled racial slurs at him.

Safeway security guard Jihad Muhammad, 26, thought he might lose his life on the job earlier this month. He said it all started when a man tried to roll a trash can into a store on Mission Street. Muhammad said he told the man he’d have to take it outside.

“As he’s pushing it out, he immediately just stares at me, looks at me and calls me the N-word straight to my face,” Muhammad said.

Muhammad said the man then ran at him and punched him in the face. As Muhammad punched back, the man pulled out a knife, Muhammad said.

“He then looks at me and he says, ‘You know what, I got something for you. You filthy N-word half-breed.’ Pulls out his knife and then flicks it

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