Moroccan Man Visiting from Spain Suffers Brutal Homophobic Attack in Kenitra

The police found the young man, his face seriously injured, inside a car. He has an open wound to the eye, as shown in the images he shared on his social media accounts.

Former socialist deputy to the Assembly of Madrid, Carla Antonelli, denounced this attack by creating the hashtag #JusticiaParaIsmail on social networks, specifying that the young man, of Moroccan origin, is a Spanish resident.

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The association Kifkif, the main organization for the defense and representation of LGBTI migrants in Spain, has contacted the victim’s family and promised to closely follow the case, until the young man returns to Barcelona, his city of residence.

This homophobic attack, which comes at a time when homophobic attacks against Moroccans are multiplying in Spain, has sparked a flood of reactions and comments on social networks, particularly on Twitter.