WASHINGTON - D.C. police say an assault and stabbing in a laundromat on Benning Road, Northeast may have been a hate crime.
Police responded to the scene at the Capital Laundry Mat near the intersection with 17th Street, Northeast on Sunday evening.
When police arrived, the transgender victim told them a man and two women beat her and stabbed her in the head.
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According to police, the victim was bleeding profusely.
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The victim also told police the assailants used anti-LGBTQ slurs during the attack.
According to police data, there were 87 hate or bias incidents based on sexual orientation or gender identity in 2019.
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That number shrunk to 65 in 2020 – a reduction of about 25%.
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