Several Zagreb Pride Participants Attacked, Five Perpetrators Arrested

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Police said that around 10.30 pm one woman, 32, and two men, 21 and 22, carrying a rainbow flag, were approached by a number of unknowns, one of whom punched the 22-year-old in the face. They took the flag and set it on fire, after which an unknown woman punched the 21-year-old and the woman in the face.

The three victims sustained light injuries and received medical treatment. Five persons were arrested in connection with this assault and a criminal investigation is under way, police said.

Another incident occurred at 9.15 pm, when a girl of 18 dropped a rainbow flag, after which four unknown men approached, one of whom took the flag and hit her hand with it, after which they took off. A criminal investigation is under way.

Around half past noon, an unknown man in a car stopped two 30-year-old women from passing, verbally attacked them on “sexual orientation grounds” and spat one in the face. A criminal investigation is under way.

Police also said that around 4.20 pm, during the parade, two minors “expressed their non-support of the parade with symbolic messages on their T-shirts.” They were brought in for questioning and later released. They will be charged with a misdemeanor.

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