The hijab-wearing assailant assaulted the gay man, engraving “F****t” on his hip: report

According to the police, a young gay man was held by eight masked men with knives, and then “f*****” was engraved on his back.

According to reports, on Sunday afternoon, the 20-year-old man was viciously attacked when he forcibly entered his home near Madrid, Spain.

The victim told the police that when he entered his door at about 5:15 pm, eight people wearing black sweatshirts and headgear attacked him, cut his lips with a knife, then slit his buttocks, and on him Mark the words “f ****”. *”, police sources told local publication elDiario.es.

Madrid Central police The department had initially filed a report on the incident, but the case has now been transferred to the Central District Police Department. They are investigating the attack together with the Provincial Police Information Brigade (a group specializing in terrorist and militant criminal activities). Hate crimes, the publication added.

According to the victim’s police statement, the assailant reportedly shouted insults such as “s**teater”, “f**” and “disgusting”.

Investigators said they were viewing closed-circuit television footage and talking with witnesses, hoping to find the alleged attacker.

The attack was condemned by politicians in European countries including Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez.

“Hate has no place in our society,” Sanchez wrote on Twitter. Google“I strongly condemn this homophobic attack. We will not allow it to happen. We will continue to work for an open and diverse country where no one is afraid to be themselves, and we all live in a free and safe place. .”

Madrid Mayor Jose Luis Martinez-Almeida also called on the attackers to face “full responsibility for the law” and stated that his government is committed to eradicating “any form of terrorism.”

Earlier this year, on July 3, Samuel Luiz was killed in a suspected homophobic attack, triggering a nationwide protest to demand better protection for homosexuals.

Luis was a 24-year-old nursing assistant who was beaten to death outside a nightclub in Corunna, northwestern Spain.

Since then, six people have been arrested for the attack, and thousands have continued to take to the streets of Spanish cities, demanding action to combat homophobic violence.

According to statistics cited by the Ministry of the Interior, the police and the National Guard received 610 complaints against hate crimes in the first six months of 2021. nation. Compared with the same period in 2019, this number has increased by 9.3%, when it was counted as 558 people.