Assault on gay men at Seaside bonfire probed as hate crime

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SEASIDE, Ore. -- Two gay men were badly beaten at a beach party in Seaside this weekend and police said they’re pursuing assault and hate crime charges in the incident.
Seaside hate crime investigation

Police said they were called to the Seaside Best Western early Sunday morning at around 3 a.m., after two men said they were assaulted at a bonfire on the main Seaside beach.

The victims, Sam and Kevin, were both 22 years old and Western Washington state residents; one was from Bothell and the other from Issaquah, Seaside Police Chief Bob Gross said.

The two men asked that their last names be withheld.

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