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 Police Probe Hate Attacks In Kentucky
by 365Gay.com Newscenter Staff
September 9, 2006 - 12:01 am ET
(Covington, Kentucky) Police in Covington,
Kentucky believe two apparent homophobic attacks - one in which a man was
stabbed - are not related.
The victim in the stabbing was attacked following
an encounter in a local restaurant.
Police say that he was in the bar of La Tradicion restaurant
when a man approached him and asked "if he was really a female." The
victim said he was not and walked away.
According to the police report, "Suspect
then approached victim from rear, stabbing him twice. Suspect stated to victim,
'I got you.'"
The victim, whose name is being withheld for his
own protection, was treated at a local hospital and released.
Police have listed the attack as a bias crime but
have few leads.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic male in
his early 20s with dark shaved hair. Investigators say he fled in what may have
been a gray Chevrolet Impala with Ohio plates.
Police also are looking for vandals who spray
painted hate messages on a local home.
The owner, a white woman who says she is not gay,
found the graffiti about 2:30 in the morning.
KKK and fag were painted on the exterior of the
home, along with a swastika.
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