A 23 year old man who was the victim of a homophobic attack in the city over the weekend says he's still in shock following the assault.
Evan Somers posted a photo of his injuries on Twitter on Monday, saying he was verbally abused and beaten up by a stranger on Dame Street after a night out in The George.
Last night a stranger called me a faggot before beating the shit out of me. He left me with a fractured eye socket, 2 fractures in my ankle, a dislocation in my ankle & some other minor injuries. We’ve come a long way but still have such a long way to go in terms of equality. pic.twitter.com/aAA8OQ83QY
— Evan (@ebintosh) April 10, 2022
He suffered a fractured eye socket, and is awaiting surgery on his ankle after it was dislocated and fractured in two places.
Evan says he feels like a different person since the attack:
"What I remember is I left The George with my cousin and her partner, her boyfriend.
"We were walking down Dame Street... and basically this guy came over, walking past my cousin and her boyfriend, made a beeline for me.
"From there he just kind of got in my face, got very aggressive and was just making fun of me immediately.
"Eventually that just led to him taking a step back, taking a step forward - calling me the f-word again, the gay slur, and then punching me in face.
"So he punched me in my right eye socket... that led to my broken eye socket, or fractured eye socket.
"And from there, to be honest I don't remember a lot - I did get knocked on conscious I believe.
"Everything just happened so quick, I'm still trying to fuse everything together."
Shocked and appalled that an assault of this natured occurred in our capital city. Will discuss with Helen McEntee re Garda presence on our street and new hate crime laws. Sorry about what happened. Wishing you a swift recovery https://t.co/Mj4mJuyDsV
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) April 11, 2022
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