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Sailor Stabbed, Called 'Neo-Nazi' Before Attack

SHERIDAN, Colo. (CBS4)- A Colorado man serving in the U.S. Navy believes a stranger stabbed him because his military haircut provoked images of something else.

Joshua Witt's Facebook post with pictures of his wounds has gotten a lot of attention.

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He says when he went to get out of his vehicle at the Steak & Shake in Sheridan, a man walked up to him and asked whether he was a neo-Nazi before stabbing him.

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"I don't think this is anything other than an isolated incident, but for the victim it was very scary because the stabbing could have been worse. He did raise his hands in a defensive posture, that's why he got the wounds in his hand and not some other part of his body," said Sheridan Police Chief Mark Campbell.

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Witt said he is not tied in any way to those groups.

His attacker has not been arrested.

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