Arrested for assaulting a gay couple who were kissing in a park in Almería

04/26/2022 at 11:06

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The National Police has arrested a hate crime against a man who allegedly uttered homophobic slurs and hit two boys who were kissing in a park located in Plaza Jorge Guillén in the capital of Almeria.

The Provincial Police Station of Almería has reported that The alleged events took place around 5:30 p.m. on Monday, when a call to 091 alerted that a man was chasing two boys, after hitting one of them, when they were in this park in the Nueva Andalucía neighborhood.

After a short chase, the agents captured the aggressor on Manuel Azaña street and proceeded to arrest him. At that moment, he allegedly began to utter homophobic insults towards the couple. The victim, in his statement, confirmed that he had received a punch to the left cheek, after being recriminated and insulted repeatedly for kissing his partner.

The detainee, 39 years old and a national of Guinea Bissau, He is at the National Police Station in Almería accused of a hate crimebeing scheduled to be brought to justice this Wednesday.

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