Baseball Bat Attack At San Diego Pride

(San Diego, California) Three gay San Diego men were in hospital Sunday recovering from an attack by at least three men as they left the city's annual Gay Pride celebration. The men had just left Balboa Park when the assailants began taunting them with homophobic remarks. The attackers then began fighting with the men and at one point one of the assailants began swinging a baseball bat hitting one of victims in the back of the head. The other two victims were also struck by the bat and one of them said he then felt what he described as something sharp stabbing him in the back possibly from a knife.

The names of the victims have not been released. Police say all three men received serious injuries but were not considered life threatening. The victims were able to give investigators "good descriptions" of their attackers. If they are caught police said the trio would be charged with attempted murder with a hate crime enhancement. It was the second violent attack on gays in Southern California in a week. The alleged gang members are charged with assault and committing a hate crime in connection with attacks on customers at a gay club in Riverside. Last week California's Attorney General released a report showing one-in-five hate crimes in the state was perpetrated against members of the LGBT community. Close to 150,000 people celebrated Pride in San Diego on the weekend. It was the city's 32nd annual Pride.

This year's theme was "Equality! No Turning Back". The highlight of the celebration was Saturday's parade which featured 185 floats and hundreds of marchers.

*365Gay.com