30 people attacked an LGBTQ+ bar & set cars outside on fire after Morocco got World Cup win

An LGBTQ+ bar was attacked just after Morocco beat Portugal in the quarterfinals of the World Cup this past Saturday when a mob descended on the bar during post-game riots. The attackers even allegedly set two cars on fire that were outside the bar.

The owners of the bar, Le Backstage in Perpignan, France, described the events in what they believe was an anti-LGBTQ+ attack.

“Around 30 young people literally laid siege to the bar at the beginning of the evening, knocking on the door for 15 minutes, throwing firecrackers at it, climbing on the car outside the bar,” Alain and Enzo, managers of the bar told the magazine 20 Minutes, which noted that the bar opened at 8 p.m. that day. “Then, seeing that we weren’t going to open the door, they broke the windshield and the rearview mirror on the car.”

The managers said that the mob…

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