Terrifying moment mob of men brutally beat lesbian couple celebrating a birthday after the women objected to their homophobic slurs

Terrifying footage shows the moment a group of men brutally assault a lesbian couple as they celebrate one of their birthdays.

The group of about seven to 10 men could be seen kicking one of the women, who was lying on the ground surrounded by her attackers, while the other tried to break free from the grasp of another man.

Both women were injured in the attack. According to Emma MacLean, the attack was sparked when one of the men made a rude comment to her while she and her friend, identified only as Tori, were walking down the street in Halifax, Canada on June 22.

“My friend Tori said, ‘Hey, that’s my friend,’” she said. told CTV News.

But that only led to the men making homophobic comments towards them, MacLean said.

Video shows the group of about seven to 10 men kicking one of the women, who lies on the ground surrounded by her attackers, while the other tries to break free from the grip of another man.

MacLean said her friend became angry at that point and tried to confront the men.

“They continued walking and then Tori followed them and verbally said, ‘That’s not okay,’” MacLean said.

Then the group allegedly beat Tori.

‘I saw Tori being pushed up the stairs, right in front of the BMO Centre. They were concrete stairs, and she was on her back. Then all the men started hitting her and kicking her.

MacLean says she initially yelled at the men to stop, but they ignored her and continued to attack her friend.

Then she decided to protect Tori.

“There was a fight or flight response,” MacLean explained. She said she “basically jumped on the back of one of them and put him in a choke hold, trying to hold him down.”

Emma MacLean said she was left with a chipped tooth, a broken nose and bruises after the incident, while Tori had bruises all over her body

Eventually, a bystander alerted police patrolling nearby, but by then the fight was over, MacLean said.

Officers then spoke to one of the men involved in the attack, who blamed the two women for the fight.

The other men involved refused to cooperate with police and also did not provide identification, MacLean said.

Police told CTV News they are still investigating the incident and no charges have been filed against the attackers.

Meanwhile, MacLean said Tori had bruises all over her body and that she had a chipped tooth, a broken nose and other bruises.

An officer at the scene told MacLean that one of the men blamed the women for the attack, while the others refused to cooperate

MacLean is now asking the public for help in identifying her attackers, whom she described on Facebook as “Middle Eastern men, believed to be from Syria.”

She said of the incident that she “felt punches and kicks and I felt it on my nose and there was blood.”

“I just thought, this has got to stop now,” she told CTV News, saying her nose was initially too swollen for surgery.

MacLean says she’s now “terrified to go back to downtown Halifax.”

“I just feel like I’ve lost control of what can happen,” she said. “It’s overwhelming.

“I didn’t expect something like this to happen, especially since it falls during Pride Month,” MacLean added.

She is now asking the public to help her identify her attackers, who she described on Facebook as ‘men from the Middle East, probably from Syria.’

She then shared photos of the men on the night of the attack, saying: “If anyone has any information, witnessed this incident or has personal video footage, I would be very grateful if you could share it.”

“Stay safe and enjoy Pride month,” she wrote.