GayNews.The attacker, later identified as a 31-year-old Roman man, was so incensed by their public display of affection that he crossed over the subway tracks and punched Moreno and Zanobio in the face.He continued the assault, repeatedly punching and kicking Moreno, while a friend of the couple recorded the incident.The attacker allegedly returned to the subway tracks to collect stones to throw at the couple, but after they threatened to call police, he ran into an underpass and boarded a train on the opposite platform.According to the men, while trying to report the crime, local police “struggled to understand the homophobic motive” of the attack.Police were also reticent to obtain security camera footage from the subway in order to.