LONDON - British police said they had arrested four teenagers on Friday after a gang of boys beat up a lesbian couple who refused to kiss for them on a London night bus.
Melania Geymonat said she and her girlfriend, Chris, were left covered in blood after the attack last week.
"They started behaving like hooligans, demanding that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us 'lesbians' and describing sexual positions," she wrote on Facebook."The next thing I know is that Chris is in the middle of the bus fighting with them. On an impulse, I went over there only to find her face bleeding and three of them beating her up.Both were taken to hospital for treatment to facial injuries.
Police said the incident happened at around 2:30am on 30 May after the two women, both in their 20s, got on the bus in north London."They were approached by a group of four males who began to make lewd and homophobic comments to them," London's Metropolitan Police said in a statement. "The women were then attacked and punched several times before the males ran off the bus. A phone and bag were stolen during the assault."
They said four boys aged between 15 and 18 were arrested on Friday on suspicion of robbery and aggravated grievous bodily harm."This was a disgusting attack on two women who appear to have been picked out and targeted by a group of youths," said Detective Superintendent Andy Cox."Active enquires are in hand to trace other individuals suspected to have been involved.Geymonat is from Uruguay while British newspapers reported that her girlfriend is from the US.
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