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Richard Luscombe and agency

Maryland students charged with hate crimes over alleged beating of gay man

Salisbury University in Maryland.
Salisbury University in Maryland. Photograph: Jay Judge/The Baltimore Sun via Getty Images

Officials in Maryland have charged 12 students with offenses including hate crimes for allegedly luring a gay man to an apartment off campus, holding him prisoner and breaking his rib while beating him.

A statement from the Salisbury police department said one of the accused, all students at Salisbury University who have since been suspended, set up a fake account on a dating app to entice the victim with a promise of sex with a 16-year-old.

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