Alleged Anti-Gay Killer of Aidan Mofft and Michael Snee Arrted Sligo, Ireland

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• IRELAND REELS AS SPECTED ANTI-GAY KILLER IS ARRTED SLAYGS‘CHILLING AND SCARY’TWO MEN ARE AD, THEIR BODI MUTILATED, AND A THIRD HAS BEEN LEFT WH SER EYE JURI FOLLOWG HORRIFIC ATTACKS A QUIET IRISH TOWN. TOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED APR. 13, 2022 10:29AM EDT / PUBLISHED APR. 13, 2022 9:13AM EDT EDUTN IMAG/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGDUBLIN—A SMALL IRISH TOWN HAS BEEN LEFT REELG AFTER TWO SPECTED ANTI-GAY KILLGS WERE DISVERED THE SPACE OF JT OVER 24 HOURS. A FURTHER ATTACK ON A THIRD GAY MAN LEFT THE VICTIM WH SEVERE EYE JURI.IRISH POLICE, KNOWN AS GARDAI, SAID WEDNDAY THAT A MAN HIS EARLY TWENTI IS NOW CTODY, SPECTED OF KILLG POLIL AND PEACE ACTIVIST AIDAN MOFFT, 41, WHOSE BODY WAS DISVERED MONDAY EVENG, AND A SEND MAN, MICHAEL SNEE, 58, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND TUDAY EVENG. BOTH MEN WERE FOUND AT THEIR RPECTIVE HOM THE ASTAL TOWN OF SLIGO, WHICH HAS A POPULATN OF 20,000.THE BODI WERE MUTILATED, WH “SIAR” WOUNDS FLICTED ON THE TWO MEN, THE IRISH TIM REPORTED. THE PAPER’S RPECTED CRIME RRPONNT SAID EACH MAN HAD MET THEIR ATTACKER ON GAY DATG APPS, AND SUGGTED THAT THE SPECTED KILLER, WHO WAS ARRTED AT 1:45 A.M. WEDNDAY MORNG AFTER ARMED POLICE FLOOD THE TOWN, MAY HAVE BEEN RPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK ON THE MAN WH EYE JURI. GARDAI SAID THEY ARE ACTIVELY VTIGATG A “HATE” MOTIVE. THEY SAID THEY WERE ALSO VTIGATG WHETHER THE MEN HAD MET THEIR ATTACKERS ONLE, AND ISSUED URGENT SAFETY GUIL TO PEOPLE G DATG APPS.THE GAY MUNY IRELAND WAS QUICK TO REACT TO NEWS OF THE SHOCKG MURRS—LED BY IRELAND’S FORMER PREMIER, LEO VARADKAR, WHO IS DUE TO RUME THE ROLE LATER THIS YEAR. HE PUBLICLY STATED HE WAS GAY 2015, AHEAD OF A REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE THAT THE “Y” SI WON BY AN OVERWHELMG MARG. MISTER FOR JTICE HELEN MCENTEE SAID THAT THE LGBT MUNY HAD BEEN NONTED WH A NUMBER OF “DISTRSG” CINTS RECENT DAYS, SAYG: “THE ARE CINTS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE BEHD . AND AGA, I JT WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT ANY CRIM THAT ARE MOTIVATED BY HATE OR BY PREJUDICE OR BY DISCRIMATN, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND WILL RRY HIGHER SENTENC. I HOPE TO TRODUCE THE HATE CRIME BILL A MATTER OF WEEKS TO RPOND.”GARDA SUPERTENNT AIDAN GLACKEN SAID MOFFT AND SNEE “WERE WELL KNOWN AND RPECTED THIS MUNY. THEY WERE ASSLTED AND MURRED THEIR OWN HOM. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WH THEIR FAI AT THIS TIME AND ED THEIR IENDS AND THE WIR MUNY SLIGO.”A IEND OF MOFF’S, BLAE GAFFNEY, TOLD THE IRISH SUN: “IT’S QUE CHILLG, ’S QUE SRY. THERE’S BEEN TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SLIGO OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS BUT THIS PARTICULAR THG WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY SRY.” TOM SYK

IRELAND REELS AS SPECTED ANTI-GAY KILLER IS ARRTED SLAYGS‘CHILLING AND SCARY’TWO MEN ARE AD, THEIR BODI MUTILATED, AND A THIRD HAS BEEN LEFT WH SER EYE JURI FOLLOWG HORRIFIC ATTACKS A QUIET IRISH TOWN. TOM SYKROYALIST CORRPONNTUPDATED APR. 13, 2022 10:29AM EDT / PUBLISHED APR. 13, 2022 9:13AM EDT EDUTN IMAG/UNIVERSAL IMAG GROUP VIA GETTY IMAGDUBLIN—A SMALL IRISH TOWN HAS BEEN LEFT REELG AFTER TWO SPECTED ANTI-GAY KILLGS WERE DISVERED THE SPACE OF JT OVER 24 HOURS. A FURTHER ATTACK ON A THIRD GAY MAN LEFT THE VICTIM WH SEVERE EYE JURI.IRISH POLICE, KNOWN AS GARDAI, SAID WEDNDAY THAT A MAN HIS EARLY TWENTI IS NOW CTODY, SPECTED OF KILLG POLIL AND PEACE ACTIVIST AIDAN MOFFT, 41, WHOSE BODY WAS DISVERED MONDAY EVENG, AND A SEND MAN, MICHAEL SNEE, 58, WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND TUDAY EVENG. BOTH MEN WERE FOUND AT THEIR RPECTIVE HOM THE ASTAL TOWN OF SLIGO, WHICH HAS A POPULATN OF 20,000.THE BODI WERE MUTILATED, WH “SIAR” WOUNDS FLICTED ON THE TWO MEN, THE IRISH TIM REPORTED. THE PAPER’S RPECTED CRIME RRPONNT SAID EACH MAN HAD MET THEIR ATTACKER ON GAY DATG APPS, AND SUGGTED THAT THE SPECTED KILLER, WHO WAS ARRTED AT 1:45 A.M. WEDNDAY MORNG AFTER ARMED POLICE FLOOD THE TOWN, MAY HAVE BEEN RPONSIBLE FOR THE ATTACK ON THE MAN WH EYE JURI. GARDAI SAID THEY ARE ACTIVELY VTIGATG A “HATE” MOTIVE. THEY SAID THEY WERE ALSO VTIGATG WHETHER THE MEN HAD MET THEIR ATTACKERS ONLE, AND ISSUED URGENT SAFETY GUIL TO PEOPLE G DATG APPS.THE GAY MUNY IRELAND WAS QUICK TO REACT TO NEWS OF THE SHOCKG MURRS—LED BY IRELAND’S FORMER PREMIER, LEO VARADKAR, WHO IS DUE TO RUME THE ROLE LATER THIS YEAR. HE PUBLICLY STATED HE WAS GAY 2015, AHEAD OF A REFERENDUM ON GAY MARRIAGE THAT THE “Y” SI WON BY AN OVERWHELMG MARG. MISTER FOR JTICE HELEN MCENTEE SAID THAT THE LGBT MUNY HAD BEEN NONTED WH A NUMBER OF “DISTRSG” CINTS RECENT DAYS, SAYG: “THE ARE CINTS THAT WE THOUGHT WERE BEHD . AND AGA, I JT WANT TO REASSURE PEOPLE THAT ANY CRIM THAT ARE MOTIVATED BY HATE OR BY PREJUDICE OR BY DISCRIMATN, WILL NOT BE TOLERATED AND WILL RRY HIGHER SENTENC. I HOPE TO TRODUCE THE HATE CRIME BILL A MATTER OF WEEKS TO RPOND.”GARDA SUPERTENNT AIDAN GLACKEN SAID MOFFT AND SNEE “WERE WELL KNOWN AND RPECTED THIS MUNY. THEY WERE ASSLTED AND MURRED THEIR OWN HOM. OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WH THEIR FAI AT THIS TIME AND ED THEIR IENDS AND THE WIR MUNY SLIGO.”A IEND OF MOFF’S, BLAE GAFFNEY, TOLD THE IRISH SUN: “IT’S QUE CHILLG, ’S QUE SRY. THERE’S BEEN TALK ABOUT A LOT OF THGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED SLIGO OVER THE LAST FOUR DAYS BUT THIS PARTICULAR THG WOULD BE REALLY, REALLY SRY.” TOM SYK

Two men Sligo have been tragilly murred the space of 24 hours, wh Gardaí spectg that the killgs may have been homophobic attacks. Both are beg treated as possible gay hate crim.

Vlence agast our muny is on the rise, wh homophobic & transphobic attacks reported recent days, & now gardai have issued the advice below followg the horrific news of a man's murr Sligo. © 2022 GCN (Gay Communy News). Gardai believe the man spected of murrg two men Sligo was planng to kill more victims the g spect was workg his way through a list of men whom he had beiend on a gay datg app when arrted by gardai vtigatg the murrs of two men found at separate lotns believe the killer beiend his victims on Grdr, the gay datg app.

READ MORE: Sligo 'serial killer' fears as armed gardai swoop on spect after two men btally murred Detectiv are vtigatg a potential homophobic motive and have issued safety advice to people g datg apps. "This is kd of sry, Ireland is a welg untry for gay, lbian, bisexual, and transgenr people the ma, is a safe untry which to be a gay person but I thk a lot of had hoped we had put the kd of attacks behd .