The Edinburgh Evening News. An eyewitness told the outlet that they saw four men punching, kicking, and spitting on a man lying on the ground.
The witness called the police. The assailants then ran off with the victims' belongings. One of the victims was sent to the hospital for treatment, but authorities said neither man suffered serious injuries.
The eyewitness told the outlet that one of the men came over to them after the attack after the witness asked if he was okay. “There was blood on the ground.
He burst into tears and I held him as he sobbed so hard into my chest. He told me he did not know why they did it to him,” they said. “It was unprovoked entirely — the gay men did not fight back, they only tried to defend themselves.”They.