Protesters took to the streets again in several Spanish cities on Sunday to demand justice after the murder of a young homosexual, beaten to death the previous weekend in an alleged homophobic attack.
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A crowd gathered in a central square in Madrid, including signs that read “
Some people are LGBTQ +.
You will have to get used to it!
», While activists chanting slogans and displaying rainbow flags marched through the streets of Almeria (south) and La Coruña (north-west), where the crime occurred.
Similar protests took place over the weekend in other cities, including Barcelona (northeast) and Seville (south).
Samuel Luiz, a 24-year-old Brazilian nurse's aide, was found unconscious in the early hours of July 3 outside a nightclub in La Coruna, after being beaten up.
The emergency services were unable to revive him and he died soon after from his injuries, the news of his death triggering a series of demonstrations and political reactions throughout Spain.
His relatives claim that his attackers acted out of homophobia and hit him, calling him a "
queer
".
Police have arrested six people, including two minors, since the investigation began.
For the moment, those in charge of the investigation do not favor the trail of a homophobic crime and keep "
all the hypotheses
" open.
Miguel Serrano, 22, said he joined the protest in Madrid "
because it could have been me
" instead of Luiz. "
It is obvious that it was a homophobic attack, because of the insults which were uttered
", he judged. Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez condemned the murder, calling it a "
savage and merciless act
" in a tweet.