The Hague, July 27: Police in Amsterdam said Tuesday that they are treating a brutal assault on a 14-year-old girl as a possible LGBTQ-related attack as they appealed for witnesses.
The assault Monday gained national prominence after Paul Brink posted a photo of his daughter Fr├йd├йrique on LinkedIn, her nose broken, grazes visible on her face and a tear rolling down her left cheek.
In his LinkedIn post, Brink said the attack happened in Amstelveen, on the outskirts of Amsterdam, after a boy yelled: тАЬAre you a boy or a girl?тАЭ His daughter responded by saying: тАЬIt doesn’t matter.тАЭ When the boy shouted the same question again, Fr├йd├йrique replied: тАЬI am who I am and you can be who you want to be.тАЭ┬аDutch Police Bust ‘Largest Cocaine Laboratory’ Near Amsterdam, Installations Show 150-200 Kg of Drugs Were Produced Per Day.
The boy then attacked Fr├йd├йrique, leaving her with injuries including a broken nose and jaw fracture, Brink wrote. Brink could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday. He wrote in an update on LinkedIn that following his earlier post, тАЬwe as the Brink family were positively surprised in a very good sense by all the warm and loving reactions from both home and abroad.тАЭ
The hashtag Fr├йd├йrique was trending on Twitter and thousands expressed support on Brink’s LinkedIn post. Brink wrote Tuesday that Fr├йd├йrique is now recovering at home. Dutch LGBTQ rights organization COC condemned the attack, which it said was the latest in a long line of such violence.
тАЬThis umpteenth incident underlines our call for the government to do more against anti-LGBTI violence,тАЭ the organization said on its Facebook page. The COC appealed last month for tougher punishments for violence linked to discrimination and for schools to devote more time to teaching about тАЬacceptance of everybody regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression and sexual characteristics.тАЭ
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