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Behind the Aegis

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Thu Nov 2, 2017, 12:42 AM Nov 2017

Puerto Rican Gay Bar Bombed After Reopening in Hurricane Maria's Wake

Source: Out.com

More than a month after Hurricane Maria first hit Puerto Rico, San Juan's most popular gay club, Circo Bar, has been bombed by a group of masked assailants, according to the Puerto Rican newspaper El Vocero.

Circo had been operating on a generator when it was attacked Saturday night—reports indicate the weapon was a crude bomb called a Molotov cocktail, or flammable liquid lit inside a bottle. No one was reportedly harmed and no permanent damage was done to the bar. Police have yet to identify the perpetrators.

Puerto Rican activist Pedro Julio Serrano tweeted of the incident that officials need to “investigate if there is an angle of hatred,” noting homophobia was the likely cause.

Since Maria struck Puerto Rico, at least 51 have died and many more have been left without homes, water, electricity, and other vital resources.

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Read more: https://www.out.com/news-opinion/2017/11/01/puerto-rican-gay-bar-bombed-after-reopening-hurricane-marias-wake

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Puerto Rican Gay Bar Bombed After Reopening in Hurricane Maria's Wake (Original Post) Behind the Aegis Nov 2017 OP
scum JI7 Nov 2017 #1
Really? These assholes have nothing better to do ProudLib72 Nov 2017 #2
Stop this planet. I want to get off. Initech Nov 2017 #3
dammitt FirstLight Nov 2017 #4
gee any guess DonCoquixote Nov 2017 #5

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)
2. Really? These assholes have nothing better to do
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 12:52 AM
Nov 2017

after a storm basically wiped their island off the map? Instead of helping to rebuild it's more violence, more hate. It's seemingly endless.

FirstLight

(13,360 posts)
4. dammitt
Thu Nov 2, 2017, 01:39 AM
Nov 2017

...not cool bro...see what happens when infrastructure is absent? WTF!!!!

so sad that it was directed @ LGBT community ...grrrrr...

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