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Behind the Aegis

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Wed Feb 13, 2019, 05:40 AM Feb 2019

Killers wrote 'gay' on wall in victim's own blood after slitting his throat

An Algerian man was found dead in his room after two attackers followed him home and slit his throat, writing ‘gay’ on the wall with his own blood.

21-year-old medical student Assil Belalta returned home around 7pm on Sunday night in the area of Ben Aknoun, Algiers.

Assil’s friends found his lifeless body and reported it to police.

Assil Belalta was found dead in his room. Alouen, an LGBTI activist group based in Algeria, confirmed the details of Belalta’s death. The group posted about the death on Facebook, calling the killing a ‘homophobic hate crime at the university city of Ben Aknoun in Algiers.’



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Killers wrote 'gay' on wall in victim's own blood after slitting his throat (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Feb 2019 OP
But it's American Christians who are the most discriminated group in the world. sinkingfeeling Feb 2019 #1
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