Minor beaten up in homophobic attack in Nicosia

A 17-year-old boy was assaulted in a homophobic attack carried out by two unidentified suspects in a homophobic attack in Lakatamia, Nicosia, shortly after midnight on Thursday.

“We are investigating the case as a homophobic incident,” police told the Cyprus Mail , confirming that the motive behind the assault is being treated as discriminatory in nature.

According to the police, the boy had been walking alone in the Lakatamia area