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http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/E/EU_RUSSIA_GAY_RIGHTS?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-10-12-06-37-34MOSCOW (AP) -- A gay activist says three people have been injured by masked men who stormed into a Moscow gay club in an apparent hate crime.
Viktoriya Soto of the 7 Freedays club said Friday that a dozen attackers broke in late Thursday during a "Coming Out" party.
Soto said the attack was organized, and that they attackers were `'especially aggressive" toward women.
Moscow police told Russian media that a young woman was hospitalized with broken glass in her eye. Police were using security cameras footage to identify the attackers.
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3 RUSSIANS INJURED IN ATTACK ON MOSCOW GAY CLUB (Original Post)
xchrom
Oct 2012
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William769
(55,145 posts)1. Russia is definitely not on my vacation destination list.
I also wouldn't hold my breath on the Moscow police finding the assailants given their record in the LGBT Community.
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)3. Well with homophobe Putin and those orthodox bishops promoting
hate...I'm surprised there aren't more attacks.
Fearless
(18,421 posts)4. Cowards. They won't even show their faces and fess up to what they did.