A homophobic assault noticed a vile slur carved right into a homosexual man’s buttocks with a knife in Spain.
The sufferer, aged 20, was attacked by eight masked attackers on the entrance to his house constructing within the Malasana district of Madrid on Sunday.
The gang minimize his decrease lip with a knife whereas calling him a ‘s**t-eater’, after which scored the phrase ‘maricón’ into his buttocks – the Spanish equal of ‘f****t’.
A police spokesperson mentioned officers are investigating and are accumulating ‘as much evidence as possible from security cameras and witnesses’.
‘Police are looking to arrest and identify these people and clarify whether it was really a homophobic attack or hate crime,’ they added.
‘This is the first assault of this kind we have heard of.’
No arrests have but been made and the investigation continues.
Prime minister Pedro Sanchez scheduled an pressing assembly of the hate crimes committee for Friday.
He tweeted on Monday: ‘I condemn this homophobic assault most vehemently.
‘We won’t stand for it and we’ll maintain working for an open and various nation the place nobody is scared to be who they’re, and wherein we will all reside safely and freely.’
Government spokesperson Isabel Rodríguez García mentioned: ‘Hate crimes require the strongest social and political reproach.’
She added the Government would use ‘every legal instrument available’ to forestall ‘discourse that promotes hatred’.
Several protests have been known as in response to the assault, with one deliberate tonight in Puerta del Sol sq., with one other known as ‘they’re killing us’ in the identical place on Saturday.
Spain’s LGBT+ group remains to be reeling from the stunning killing of Samuel Luiz, who was overwhelmed to dying close to a nightclub within the northern metropolis of Coruna.
Activists consider the assault on the homosexual 24-year-old man was motivated by homophobia.
Although a latest YouGov survey in Spain confirmed 91% of individuals could be supportive if a member of the family got here out as lesbian, homosexual or bisexual, there are claims there’s a rising difficulty with homophobic violence within the nation.
According to the Madrid Observatory in opposition to LGBTphobia, there have been at the least 103 homophobic assaults in Madrid in 2021, and 41% of LGBT+ Spaniards suffered harassment within the final yr.
Campaigners say official statistics seize solely a fraction of the issue as a result of many incidents should not reported.
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