Forty years ago, 14 gay men were btally killed Toronto. Half of those s are still unsolved. Police are lookg for any potential lks between those homicis and the on alleged serial killer Bce McArthur is acced of now nnectn wh men missg om the cy’s Gay Village.
Contents:
- MAN ARRTED AFTER ‘SHOCKG’ HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE
- UNEXPECTED VICTIM MAY HAVE REVEALED CANADA'S 'GAY VILLAGE' SERIAL KILLER
- FOUR MEN ARRTED AFTER ‘HATE-RELATED SEXUAL ASSLT’ BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE
- ARRT AFTER MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP VANDALISED
- COPS HAD ‘GAY VILLAGE’ SERIAL KILLER SPECT, AND LET HIM GO
- MAN ARRTED OVER BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE ATTACK
- SPECT ARRTED AFTER GAY MAN BEATEN WH GLASS BOTTLE ‘HATE-MOTIVATED’ ATTACK
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MAN ARRTED AFTER ‘SHOCKG’ HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE
Four men have reportedly been arrted for a vlent sexual asslt agast a woman her 20s that took place Birmgham's Gay Village * gay village arrest *
Wt Midlands police have arrted a man and are searchg for two other spects nnectn wh an “outrageo” homophobic hate crime Birmgham’s Gay Village which two men were abed and then cut wh broken man, believed to be Mos Mahmood, 31, hand himself after an appeal which he was named along wh two others.
Photograph: Wt Midlands Police/PAIn what police scribed as an “outrageo” and “shockg” attack, two men – named only as Rob and Patrick, who are their 30s – were left vered married uple om Oxfordshire were first subjected to homophobic abe by the occupants of a passg SUV r on Bromsgrove Street near the cy were then attacked wh bottl, wh both sufferg cuts and Patrick left Midlands police named and released photographs of three men after extensive quiri, cludg analysis of CCTV footage and rerdg several wns Sunday, Sgt Marc Petford said: “We’ve had a good rponse to our appeal and I’m grateful for people sharg far and wi.
”On Saturday, he said: “This was a shockg homophobic attack on two men enjoyg a night out our cy.
UNEXPECTED VICTIM MAY HAVE REVEALED CANADA'S 'GAY VILLAGE' SERIAL KILLER
* gay village arrest *
Especially the Gay Village – that should be a safe area to be who you want and not have to tolerate people yellg homophobic remarks at you.
”Rob was quoted the Birmgham Mail as sayg: “They had no bs the Gay Village at 4am except for tryg to start fights wh gay people.
FOUR MEN ARRTED AFTER ‘HATE-RELATED SEXUAL ASSLT’ BIRMGHAM’S GAY VILLAGE
’ or somethg, and they started yellg at and llg homophobic nam.
ARRT AFTER MANCHTER GAY VILLAGE SHOP VANDALISED
NBC News lled him "Canada's 'Gay Village' serial killer, " sce the seven years before his arrt, he had murred at least eight men nnected one way or another to the Church and Wellley neighborhood, the cy's gay enclave. All of the victims had one thg mon: they were all gay men. Ksman was well known the neighborhood for his gay rights activism and his time tendg bar at a popular Church and Wellley waterg hole, and his iends drew attentn to his disappearance by postg flyers wh his picture on them.
Such surroundgs were obvly not nducive for g out as gay. At the time, they were livg Oshawa, a small cy east up the ast of Lake Ontar om Toronto, where there was no such thg as a gay scene. When Bce left Janice 1998 or 1999, unr amible circumstanc, he moved to Toronto to beg his new life as an out gay man.
McArthur also began explorg his newfound sexual eedom by equentg Toronto's gay district, the Church and Wellley neighborhood, but he soon began to show that he was not as jolly as the red velvet su would lead one to believe.
COPS HAD ‘GAY VILLAGE’ SERIAL KILLER SPECT, AND LET HIM GO
He was actually exiled om the Gay Village 2003, after he ed a metal pipe to asslt a man there 2001. For three years, he was not allowed to enter the Gay Village. Another was om a nservative Mlim fay and hid the fact that he was gay om his fay.
MAN ARRTED OVER BIRMGHAM GAY VILLAGE ATTACK
When he sudnly went missg the day after Toronto's gay pri para, his iends noticed quickly, and so did the police.
"There's a part of me that says Bce wanted to get ught bee he broke that pattern of preyg on the vulnerable, " said Haran Vijayanathan, a muny activist and the executive director of the Alliance for South Asian AIDS Preventn set up a special task force to look to the disappearanc of men the "Gay Village" area of Toronto shortly after Ksman went missg.
18 and charged wh murrg Ksman and Selim Esen, 44, who were last seen the Gay Village last year. Friends said McArthur employed and had a sexual relatnship wh Navaratnam, who was last seen 2010 leavg Zipperz, a now-closed gay bar.
SPECT ARRTED AFTER GAY MAN BEATEN WH GLASS BOTTLE ‘HATE-MOTIVATED’ ATTACK
The three are South Asian or Middle Eastern and equented gay bars Toronto's Gay Village.
A relative said Faizi hid that he was gay om his assistant mache operator at a prtg pany, Faizi went missg on Dec. Tryg to terme why, his Mlim fay accsed his puter and was shocked to disver he had been secretly gog to bathho the Gay Village and was on gay datg apps for olr and large men wh nam such as "SilverDaddi" and "Bear411" — s police later lked to McArthur as they then went to police, officers suggted he had probably jt left, the relative said. Police officers gatherg evince Birmgham’s Gay Village followg a 2020 stabbg.
Four men have reportedly been arrted for a vlent sexual asslt, which is beg scribed as “hate related”, Birmgham’s Gay Village. Another eply disturbg hate crime #Birmgham's Gay Village.
EXPRS & STARHOMENEWSSPORTENTERTAMENTSERVICNOTIFITN SETTGSSUBSCRIBE TO ONE OR ALL NOTIFITN SOURC OM THIS ONE PLACE.NEWSLETTERSUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO GET THE DAY'S TOP STORI SENT DIRECTLY TO YOU.SIGN ME UPNEWSALL NEWS COST OF LIVGLOL HUBSCRIMEPOLICSHEALTHBSEDUTNVOICFEATURENVIRONMENTMORE UK NEWSNOSTALGIAPROPERTYTRANSPORTMOTORSWORLD NEWSVIRAL NEWSFEED A FAYSPONSORED ARTICLFD NEWS FOR YOUR TOWNGAY VILLAGE ATTACK: ONE SPECT ARRTED AND TWO OTHER MEN STILL SOUGHT BY POLICEBY JAM VMIROVICBIRMGHAMCRIMEPUBLISHED: AUG 21, 2021LAST UPDATED: AUG 22, 2021A MAN HAS BEEN ARRTED ON SPICN OF ASSLT FOLLOWG A HOMOPHOBIC ATTACK, AS POLICE NTUE TO LOOK FOR TWO OTHER SPECTS.SUBSCRIBE TO OUR DAILY NEWSLETTER!SIGN UPSTILL WANTED: ISHAAQ AYAZ AND SOHAIL KHANA WT MIDLANDS POLICE SPOKMAN SAID A 31-YEAR-OLD MAN HAND HIMSELF ON SATURDAY AFTER THE FORCE RELEASED THE NAM OF THREE SPECTS THEY WERE LOOKG FOR NNECTN WH AN CINT BIRMGHAM'S GAY VILLAGE.TWO MEN, BOTH THEIR 30S, WERE ATTACKED WH BOTTL THE EARLY HOURS OF SUNDAY AUGT 15 AFTER BEG SUBJECTED TO HOMOPHOBIC ABE BY THE OCCUPANTS OF A PASSG R BROMSGROVE STREET NEAR THE CY CENTRE.THE ATTACK, BRAND "SHOCKG" AND "OUTRAGEO" BY POLICE, LEFT ONE OF THE VICTIMS UNNSC AND THE OTHER WH NASTY CUTS.POLICE SAID THE MAN HAD BEEN ARRTED ON SPICN OF WOUNDG AND REMAED CTODY.OFFICERS ARE STILL SEARCHG FOR SOHAIL KHAN, 24, AND ISHAAQ AYAZ, 21, BOTH OM BIRMGHAM.SERGEANT MARC PETFORD SAID: "WE'VE HAD A GOOD RPONSE TO OUR APPEAL AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR PEOPLE SHARG FAR AND WI. THIS WAS A BTAL ATTACK AND WE NEED TO FD THE PEOPLE RPONSIBLE."ONE MAN HAS BEEN ARRTED FOLLOWG OUR APPEAL AND I WOULD ENURAGE THE OTHER TWO TO FOLLOW SU AND ALSO E AND SPEAK TO ."ANYONE WH RMATN N NTACT POLICE ON 101, QUOTG LOG 552 OF AUGT 15.THIS N BE DONE BY LLG 101 OR MSAGG THE FORCE ON LIVE CHAT AT ALTERNATIVELY, NTACT CRIMTOPPERS ANONYMOLY ON 0800 555111 OR AT CRIMENEWSBIRMGHAMLOL HUBSBY JAM VMIROVICSENR REPORTER@JAMVMIROVICSENR REPORTER AT THE EXPRS & STAR. CONTACT ME AT MOST READ
Officers claimed the spects were found by volunteers for StreetWatch, an iative that aims to bat LGBTQ+ hate crim Birmgham’s Gay Village g cizen patrols.
Alarmg police figur om 2022 have shown that anti-LGBTQ+ vlence the UK is risg at a rerd-breakg rate, wh reports of homophobic hate crim more than doublg five years. Men disappeared om Toronto’s Gay Village.