Samuel Luiz Muñiz. (Photo via Facebook)
Spanish police have arrested three people in connection with the murder of a 24-year-old man that has been categorized as an anti-gay hate crime.
El País, a Spanish newspaper, cited police officials who confirmed those arrested in connection with Samuel Luiz Muñiz’s murder are two men and a woman who are between the ages of 20 and 25.
Muñiz was beaten to death early on July 3 after he and a group of friends left a nightclub in A Coruña, a city in northwestern Spain’s Galicia region. Witnesses say Luiz’s assailants used anti-gay slurs against him.
Luiz’s murder has sparked outrage across Spain and around the world.
Fundación Triángulo, a Spanish LGBTQ rights group, and other advocacy groups have organized protests in Madrid and in other cities across the country.
