A 29-year-old was arrested on Monday evening in connection with a homophobic attack at the weekend.

The attack, outside a nightclub in Limassol on Saturday night, was allegedly carried out by a bouncer who punched a man walking outside the club.

Police are investigating a case of a homophobic attack and causing bodily harm to a young man. The young man reported the assault to police who were evaluating footage from CCTV systems.

He told police that offensive comments regarding his sexual orientation were shouted at him while he was walking with a friend outside a nightclub in Limassol. When he asked the reason for the abusive comments he was attacked and beaten.

He was taken to a private clinic and discharged on Sunday.

Limassol Accept LGBTI deplored the assault, saying that it was a “cowardly attack against people of our community.”

“Let us make it clear that no assault, either verbal or physical, will be tolerated,” the organisation said.

It called on its members, the police, the mayor and the Limassol municipal council, as well as all authorities, to condemn the attack and take appropriate measures to make sure it did not go unpunished.

“Bullying, any kind of violence and hateful behaviour at will is neither accepted nor tolerated,” it added.