anti-LGBTQ+ violence across the U.K. in recent months.The couple, Rob and Patrick, were outside a bar in the city’s gay neighborhood, the Gay Village, on Saturday night when authorities say a black SUV pulled up and men got out and started attacking them, according to the BBC.
The attack left the two men, both in their 30s, bloodied and cut. Patrick was knocked unconscious. The victims surnames were not reported.From the town of Bicester in Oxfordshire, the two had been in the city for a friend’s party before they decided to end the night by going dancing.