PORTLAND, Oregon — Portland police have arrested a man now linked to two unprovoked attacks that happened within minutes of one another one morning last week in Southeast Portland.

On Monday, KGW spoke with family and neighbors of a grandmother who was healing after being attacked outside her home. It happened Nov. 25 just after 8 a.m. on Southeast 122nd Avenue near Powell Boulevard.

The 69-year-old woman was taking out the trash when a man wearing a blue jacket walked by. Security video shows the man turning around before approaching the woman and punching her. The victim fell to the ground and the suspect ran away.

"What he did is very wrong, and he could hurt more people," said the victim's granddaughter, Bianca, who asked to only be identified by her first name. "It's kind of messed

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