Gay man has homophobic slur carved into butt in mob attack
El País reports.During the attack, the group called the man “disgusting,” “shiteater,” and “maricón,” the Spanish word for faggot.One member of the group produced a knife and proceeded to threaten the victim, before cutting the man’s lip and ultimately carving maricón into his buttocks.Police in Madrid told El País that the attack was “the first assault of this kind that we have heard of” and that it would be investigated as a hate crime.Related: Three arrested after young gay man beaten to death by mob in SpainSpanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez condemned the attack in a tweet, saying, “Hatred has no place in our society.”“I roundly condemn this homophobic attack. We will not allow this,” he continued.