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A gay man had a homophobic slur carved into his buttocks during a horrific attack by eight masked assailants in Madrid on Sunday.
It comes two months after another gay man was beaten to death in Spain in a suspected homophobic attack.
Sunday's victim, 20, was attacked at the entrance to his apartment building in the Malasana district.
The assailants cut his lower lip with a knife and then scored the word 'maricón' into his buttocks - the Spanish equivalent of 'fa***t'.
The savage nature of the attack has shocked Spain, a country with a very open approach to sexuality where a recent YouGov survey showed 91 per cent of people would be supportive if a family member came out as lesbian, gay or bisexual.
People march through Madrid with rainbow flags to celebrate LGBTQIA+ pride in July 2016
Police were investigating the incident and collecting 'as much evidence as possible
