A lesbian couple from Rhode Island is
recovering from injuries after being viciously beaten at Six Flags New
England by two women, reports Springfield newspaper The Republican.
Damarielys Mukhtar, 29, and Nikia L. Butt, 27, both residents of
Western Massachusetts, now face charges of assault and battery and a
civil rights violation with injury for the attack at the amusement park
in Agawam, Mass. Mukthar was also charged with assault with a dangerous
weapon for possessing a knife.
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The victims, ages 18 and 19, and both
students at at Bryant University, told police that they were verbally
accosted by Mukthar when they stopped to embrace and kiss while leaving
the amusement park just before 7 p.m. Wednesday night. According to
their police statement, the assailant was walking by them, but stopped
and stared when she saw the couple.
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Mukhtar was then joined by her friend Nikia
Butt who, according to the police record, punched the second victim in
the face. When a crowd began to gather around the scuffle, Mukhtar and
Butt fled. The second victim then told her girlfriend she had seen
Mukhtar holding a three-inch knife.
Lesbian Couple Allegedly Beaten After Kissing Outside Six Flags in Mass. | Advocate.com
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