"This is a frightening crime but it’s very common in Brazil, and violence - not only against lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people but also women, black people and immigrants - is worsening," said Association in Defence of Human Rights president Lirous Ávila. Police chief Verdi Furlanetto told The Guardian they are investigating the attack, but no arrests have been made yet. The man is now recovering at home, according to the report. He was then left in the street, where he was later found before being taken to a hospital. The victim, who was not named, was assaulted in the state's capital city of Florianópolis by three men armed with sharp objects who forced him to carve homophobic slurs into his legs, The Guardian reported, citing the activists. Activists said the assault was evidence of a growing tide of hate crime in the countryĪ 22-year-old gay man in Brazil’s southern Santa Catarina state was gang-raped and tortured last week in what human rights activists described as a "brutal" and "barbaric" act of violence amid a growing tide of hate crime in the country.The victim is now recovering, and police said they are investigating the incident.A 22-year-old gay man in Brazil was attacked by three armed men last week.
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