Injured with head trauma after a homophobic attack in the Eixample of Barcelona
A young man has suffered head injuries in Barcelona when he was attacked by a group of homophobic youths, who attacked him while yelling at him “flaggedn ”, causing a head injury, as reported by the victim herself on social media. The event took place Sunday night on the street deputation from the district of Eixample de Barcelona. Vitalik-blonde. name by which the victim identifies himself on social networks, has posted a photo of his face on Instagram with a bandaged head and a message warning Sunday night "met homophobia".
The young man assures that he was walking down the street when some boys approached him and asked him for a cigarette. The young man told them that he had none. "I walked a street and felt a blow to my head and some queer words. They told me I'm a fagot, I didn't say anything, I walked a little more and they told me again a fagot«He writes in his post.
45% More attacks than in 2020
Another man witnessed the attack and notified the emergency services and the police. Several police officers went to the scene of the events while the victim was transferred to the hospital of the Sacred Heart, where the wounds caused to the head were treated. The victim has a mild head trauma.
The young man has not yet denounced the attack, although members of the Observatory against Homophobia of Catalonia will accompany you this Tuesday to report the facts to the Mossos d'Esquadra. So far in 2021 we have registered 267 homophobic incidents; of them, 107 in Barcelona, which represents 45% more attacks than in 2020.
