Local police said at around 17:15 last Friday, two men, apparently from Africa, came into a restaurant in Tan Phu District’s Tan Thanh Ward on a motorbike and stabbed Be Sian Ikea, 31, in the stomach as he was talking on a mobile phone.

One of them chased Ikea and stabbed him again in the arm before fleeing the scene with his accomplice on the motorbike.

Ikea was not seriously injured, say local police who are investigating the case further.

The city police force’s immigration department said from November 1- 15 last year, it dealt with 109 offenses committed by foreigners, including failure to produce identity documents, expired visas and disturbing public order.

Africans committed 95 percent of the infringements, the department said, adding that the offenders included 99 Nigerians, one South African and one Ghanaian.

Reported by Dam Huy