A Spaniard said he used to He was attacked by a Mongolian gang who carried out a homophobic attack on him with a knife and carved the word “faggot” on one of his hips The police have now been told that his injury was voluntary.
The apparent attack allegedly on Sunday afternoon near Marasania in central Madrid was shocked Spain And it appeared when hate crimes increased-just two months ago, a gay man was beaten to death in the northern city of La Coruna.
The 20-year-old man, who did not want to be named, initially said that eight masked men followed him into the corridor of his house, verbally abused him, then scratched his lower lip with a knife and cut homophobic abusive content into him Hips.
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez convened an emergency meeting of the Hate Crime Committee on Friday to condemn the incident.Also triggered LGBTI collectively called for protest and accused the far-right Vox party of inciting an increasingly anti-LGBTI atmosphere.
On Wednesday afternoon, police and Interior Ministry sources said that the man had withdrawn his original claim.
“The man changed his statement and stated that the attack was consensual,” a Policía Nacional spokesperson told the Guardian. She added that the man may face legal proceedings for false complaints.
Organizers of the demonstration in Madrid on Wednesday night stated that the protests would continue and insisted that a false report should not distract the growing number of hate crimes.
In a statement, a group named Movimiento Marika Madrid stated that the protesters will continue to protest against the violence suffered by LGBTI-its representative is Murder of Samuel Louis in La Coruna in early July.
“In the past few days, there have been attacks in Toledo, Melilla, Castellón and Vitoria.” it says“[We will protest because] They killed Samuel because they were gay, because those of you also had to suffer violence, harassment, fear, and the danger of death. “
Irene Montero, Minister of Equality of Spain He wrote on Twitter: “In the first half of 2021, hate crimes against the LGBTI collective increased by 43%. Let us not ignore the forest because of a single tree.”
On Tuesday, the Minister of Internal Affairs, Fernando-Grande Marlaska (Fernando-Grande Marlaska) stated that the government is concerned about the “rising and ferocity” of hate crimes and will make a “strong response”.
A sort of Research published last year A survey by the European Union’s Fundamental Rights Agency found that 41% of the people surveyed in Spain had experienced some form of harassment in the past 12 months because of LGBTI. It also found that 32% of respondents in Spain often or always avoid certain places or locations because they are afraid of being attacked, threatened or harassed because of LGBTI.
