DALY CITY, Calif. - A San Francisco woman is recovering after a violent and unprovoked attack in a Daly City shopping center last week.

31-year-old Nicole Malouf had just finished a shift at her pastry shop externship late Thursday night when she stopped at the 24-hour Nation’s Giant Hamburgers at the Westlake Shopping Center.

As she left the restaurant around 11:40 p.m., Daly City police say she was suddenly assaulted just steps from her car.

"On her way out, a guy just starts punching her in the face, and constantly yelling ‘keys,’ and punching her and punching her," said Tracie Tang, Malouf’s aunt. "And she falls to the ground, she gets back up, and he keeps punching her, until she's able to grab the handle of the restaurant."

Police said the suspect ran off. Maloud sustained mult

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