Homophobic attack in Moscow

In Moscow, teenagers beat a young man while shouting homophobic insults.

On December 9, 2022, in Moscow, on Shirokaya Street, teenagers attacked a 21-year-old passerby leaving a cafe. A homophobic insult was shouted at the passerby, after which the assailant caught up with the passerby and hit him on the head and face, after which he knocked him to the ground. One of the attackers filmed what was happening on the phone, the second kicked a passerby.

The victim managed to break free and run away. He went to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed him with a closed nose fracture and bruises.

Sources

• The law on the ban on LGBT gave its first fruits in Moscow: teenagers mistook a guy on the street for a homosexual and broke his nose // Telegram channel BAZA. December 13, 2022