French LGBTQ Activist Hospitalised After 'Homophobic' Paris Attack
- Pierre Picavet, a police officer and president of the LGBTQ rights group FLAG!, was hospitalized after being attacked with a bottle in Paris, suffering internal bleeding and a head wound.
- The attacker used homophobic slurs repeatedly during the assault, was intoxicated, had no prior criminal record, and was taken into custody by authorities.
- Activists from STOP Homophobie condemned the attack as homophobic and highlighted ongoing anti-LGBT+ violence.
- Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire denounced the assault and emphasized that Paris will remain a city free from hatred, providing safety and refuge for everyone.
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The assault occurred shortly before 4 a.m. on Saturday at the exit of a bar in the Marais district. The Paris Public Prosecutor's Office stated that the alleged perpetrator of the beatings, with a blank criminal record, was born in 2006, and was alcoholized at the time of the incident.
The president of an LGBT association of police officers and judicial officials was seriously injured in Paris during the night of Friday to Saturday. The victim, who has many traces of injuries following a bottle jet, was hospitalized. An investigation for "violence followed by incapacity for more than eight days due to the sexual orientation of the victim" was opened. - Paris: the president of an LGBT association seriously injured after a homop…
The alleged perpetrator was arrested and will be heard for "violence followed by incapacity for more than 8 days due to the sexual orientation of the victim".
The head of France's LGBTIQ rights association has been hospitalized after an overnight attack in Paris, activists and prosecutors said Sunday.
French LGBTQ activist hospitalised after homophobic attack in Paris
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