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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Kelly Rissman

Crowd cheered as two transgender women were attacked at Minneapolis rail station, advocates say

Two transgender women were attacked at a Minneapolis light rail station — and onlookers cheered on the perpetrators rather than helping the victims, advocates say.

After overhearing a group making derogatory remarks toward them at the station at Hennepin Avenue and Fifth Street in downtown Minneapolis, the pair “confronted” the group, which led to a “physical altercation,” Minneapolis Police told The Independent in a statement.

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