16 Sep Three men arrested for anti-gay attack in Belgrade caught on CCTV
Three men arrested in connection to an attack on a gay rights activist in Belgrade have been caught on CCTV.
The 26-year-old German man, who has only been identified as DH, was hit over the head with a glass ashtray early on Saturday morning after he attended an LGBTI rights conference in the Serbian capital organised by lesbian group Labris.
His attackers shouted, ‘We don’t want foreigners in Belgrade!’
Authorities confirmed three men had been arrested to Blic newspaper, who released the CCTV footage.
The victim underwent surgery yesterday for ‘life threatening’ internal bleeding.
The German ambassador to Serbia, Heinz Georg Wilhelm, told the Associated Press, ‘He is awake, so that is already very good but it is still early to say something.The doctors told us that the first 24 hours you can’t say very much, but he is awake and that is positive.’If it’s true that the attacker said that he does not want foreigners in Serbia, that gives a new xenophobic dimension to the whole incident.’
Serbian Interior Minister Nebojsa Stefanovic said in a statement, ‘I ordered an intensive investigation so the attackers are brought to justice soonest.’
LGBTI activists are planning a pride march in Belgrade in two weeks, the first in the city since 2010.
Source: Gay Star News