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Neo-Nazis attack gay Jew with razor blade

Three men punched Jorge Arce in the neck and cut him more than 40 times.

January 17, 2017 09:40
Monument of Manuel Rodríquez displayed in Bustamante Park in Santiago, Chile.
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A Jewish gay activist has been attacked by far-right thugs, who slashed his arms and legs with a razor blade.

Jorge Arce was set upon in a park in Santiago, Chile, last week by three men who punched him in the neck and cut him more than 40 times.

The three men identified him because he was wearing a T-shirt with the Israeli flag on it. The chased him into a park shouting “murderer”, before attacking him.

Speaking to the Movement for Integration and Homosexual Liberation (MOVILH), Mr Arce said: “I had 40 stitches on my arm. Some will be forever.