Police in England are investigating a homophobic attack that left two gay men with multiple fractures after they were beaten unconscious by a gang of teenagers. The men, two friends aged 25 and 22, were assaulted in a grocery store parking lot in Bishop’s Stortford, Hertfordshire, on Sunday, Aug. 8. According to police, the men were waiting with friends for a ride home around 2:20 a.m., when 10 teenagers approached them. The attack is being investigated as a hate crime, Gary Bangs, a police inspector for the East Herts crime unit, told The Sun. North of the border in Scotland, a married gay couple was assaulted in the middle of a busy street earlier this month, leaving one of the men requiring hospital treatment.

Source: MetroXpress August 10, 2021 12:09 UTC