Shocking stream of online ÍðÍÑ is Åꤲ¤Ä¤±¤ëd at µ¾À·¼Ôs of homophobic London bus attack - as a FIFTH ½½Âå¤Î¾¯Ç¯¾¯½÷ is ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd and police ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ë CCTV ¡Ê±Ç²è¤Î¡Ë¥Õ¥£¡¼¥È¿ô of the ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯

  • Melania Geymonat was out with girlfriend Chris in North West London on May 30
  • Group of young men asked them to kiss 'so they could watch' but they ¼­Âह¤ëd
  • They were beaten and left covered in ·ì in horrific attack caught on CCTV
  • Sick comments flooded in online from people ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ëing couple for the beatings?
  • ** Do you know either of the µ¾À·¼Ôs? Please email: tips@dailymail.com **?

An horrific attack on a lesbian couple on a London bus which left an American woman with a broken jaw for ¼­Âह¤ëing to kiss her partner has been filmed on CCTV.

Bus Áàºî¼Ô Metroline said it had the ¡Ê±Ç²è¤Î¡Ë¥Õ¥£¡¼¥È¿ô and was co-operating with police ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the beatings, which have Ͷȯ¤¹¤ëd a wave of homophobic ÍðÍÑ online.

The Met Police said a fifth teenage boy, Ϸǯ¤Î between 15 and 18, had been ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd on Saturday morning.

Melania Geymonat, 28, and her American partner Chris, 29, were left ·ì¤Þ¤ß¤ì¤Îd and bruised after ¶²¤é¤¯ ¸ºß punched and robbed ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ an evening out in West Hampstead, north west London, in the Áá´ü¤Ë hours of May 30.?

¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º ¸ºß just days ½üµî¤¹¤ëd from the attack, »ÈÍѼÔs took to Facebook and Twitter to leave vile comments, ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ëing the women for 'bringing it on themselves'.

'That's what you get for ¸ºß gay',?Ryan Bennett wrote underneath an article on Facebook.

Chisomo Chitete said: 'No wonder my brother still can't find a girl to marry. All the girls have been taken by girls'.

Danzil Denno, replying to a CNN story on twitter, wrote: 'Don't do that in public. See now the results of ¸ºß silly?'??

But the È¿¹³Åª¤Ê couple say, ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º the attack and ·ãή of Éî¿«s online, they 'are not ¶¼¤¹d to be visibly queer'.??

Melania Geymonat (right) and her girlfriend Chris (left) were robbed and beaten?on a London bus 
after refusing to kiss each other

Melania Geymonat (¸¢Íø) and her girlfriend Chris (left) were robbed and beaten?on a London bus after ¼­Âह¤ëing to kiss each other

The couple were left covered in blood after the attack by a group of young men in?West Hampstead, north west London

The couple were left covered in ·ì after the attack by a group of young men in?West Hampstead, north west London

A stream of homophobic insults were launched at the couple on Facebook and Twitter after news of the attack broke

A stream of homophobic Éî¿«s were ³«»Ï¤¹¤ë¡¤ÂǤÁ¾å¤²¤ëd at the couple on Facebook and Twitter after news of the attack broke

Chris ½Ò¤Ù¤ëd how a ¥®¥ã¥ó¥°¡ÊÃÄ¡Ë of young men saw they were a couple - as they were »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ëing ¼êÅϤ¹s - and started to ¼ûÍס¦Í׵᤹¤ë they kiss while making Å·Á³¤Î¤Þ¤Þ À­¤Î gestures.

She told BBC London News: 'They got up out of their seats and walked over to where we were and started very ÀѶËÀ­ Ǻ¤Þ¤¹ing us. One of them stayed a couple of Îó¡¿Á椰¡¿ÁûÆ°s behind and was throwing coins at us.

'I did not engage with him at all. ºÇ½é Melania was trying to deescalate the ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª. She was ¸ºß friendly but trying to keep them at bay.'

When the couple ¼­Âह¤ëd to do as the ¥®¥ã¥ó¥°¡ÊÃÄ¡Ë asked, they were »ÙÇÛ¤¹¤ëd to a vile attack. Both were left with facial ½ý³²s, and were robbed during the ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯ - which took place as the pair were travelling to Chris' home in Camden.

Ms?Geymonat is pictured before the attack, in which she appears to have sustained images to her face
Melania Geymonat (pictured) is now waiting to find out if her nose was broken in the vile attack

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat?is now waiting to find out if her nose was broken in the attack. She is pictured left before the ½ÐÍè»ö/»ö·ï, and ¸¢Íø afterwards

Chris' injuries were still visible as she spoke to BBC London News. Both she and Miss?Geymonat sustained bruising to their face

Chris' ½ý³²s were still ÌÀÇò¤Ê as she spoke to BBC London News. Both she and ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë?Geymonat »Ù¤¨¤ëd bruising to their ľÌ̤¹¤ë?

She continued: 'Fighting broke out and I don¡ Çt know how we got from fighting on the ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ of the bus É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë to the lower deck but in that time ¤Ç¤Ã¤Á¤¢¤²¤ë¡¤¿Í¤òºá¤Ë´Ù¤ì¤ë they took my phone, her Êá¤é¤¨¤ë¡¢³ÍÆÀ¤¹¤ë and they ran off the bus.'

Chris was left with a broken jaw ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the attack, and ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat »Ù¤¨¤ëd a broken nose. Their ½ý³²s were still ÌÀÇò¤Ê a week on as they spoke on camera.???

It comes as ¿Íʪ¡¿»Ñ¡¿¿ô»ús from the ¼çÍ×ÅԻԤΠPolice show an 18 per cent rise in?homophobic and transgender attacks on last year - from May 2017 to April 2018.?

Chris continued: 'I was and still am angry. It was scary, but what is still making me angry is that this is not a novel ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª. There are more hate ºá¡¤ÈȺás ¸ºß committed. We¡Çre just one anecdote.'

And ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë?Geymonat Äɲ乤ëd: 'The ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ is not only because we are women who are dating each other. It¡Çs also because we are women.'?

Miss?Geymonat is a Ryanair flight attendant. She has been in the position since February of this year

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë?Geymonat is a Ryanair flight attendant. She has been in the position since Februa ry of this year

Defiantly standing up for herself ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the attack - and asked what people should take from the ½ÐÍè»ö/»ö·ï, Chris said: 'I'm not ¶¼¤¹d about ¸ºß visibly queer.??

'There are a lot of people¡Çs ¸¢Íøs at ´í¸± and people¡Çs basic safety is at ´í¸±.?

'I want people to feel emboldened to stand up to the same people who feel emboldened. I want people to stand up for themselves and each other.'????????

Scotland Yard ³Îǧ¤¹¤ëd it was Ä´ºº¡¿Áܺº¤¹¤ëing the 'homophobic attack' which saw a phone and Êá¤é¤¨¤ë¡¢³ÍÆÀ¤¹¤ë stolen during the ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯ on the N31 bus at 2.30am.?

õÄ塤·º»ös said five teenage males, Ϸǯ¤Î between 15 and 18, have been ÂáÊá¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd on µ¿ÏÇ of ¶¯Åð and °­²½¤µ¤»¤ëd GBH ¤Ë°ú¤­Â³¤¤¤Æ the vile attack.??????

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat, a young doctor ½é¤á¤Ï from Uruguay but ¸½ºß¡¿°ìÈÌ¤Ë working as a stewardess on a sabbatical to Europe, also ²òǤ¤¹¤ëd the shock attack - moments after she ¼­Âह¤ëd to kiss for the ¥®¥ã¥ó¥°¡ÊÃÄ¡Ë.?????

'The next thing I know is I'm ¸ºß punched. I got dizzy at the sight of my ·ì and fell »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë. I don't remember whether or not I lost consciousness,' she said.??????

²òǤ¤¹¤ëing the ¥®¥ã¥ó¥°¡ÊÃÄ¡Ë's ¼ûÍס¦Í׵᤹¤ës ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat Äɲ乤ëd: 'They ¼êÇÛÃæ¤Î¡¤¤ª¿Ò¤Í¼Ô us to kiss so they could watch us.?I tried to ¿®´É¤ò¼è¤ê½ü¤¯ the ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª as I'm not a confrontational person, telling them to please leave us alone as Chris wasn't feeling °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ.'

The ¥®¥ã¥ó¥°¡ÊÃÄ¡Ë began throwing things on the bus - which was travelling ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ Camden, where Chris lives - and the couple told them to stop.

Miss Geymonat told BBC London News: 'The violence is not only because we are women which are dating each other. It¡Çs also because we are women'

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat told BBC London News: 'The ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ is not only because we are women which are dating each other. It¡Çs also because we are women'

Both women were taken to hospital for ¼£ÎÅ to facial ½ý³²s. ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat said one of the men spoke Spanish and the others had British accents.

'The next thing I remember was Chris in the middle of them and they were ¡Ê·Ù´±¤Î¡Ë½ä²ó¶è°è¡¤¼õ»ý¤Á¶è°èing her,' Äɲ乤ëd Ms Geymonat, who is ½é¤á¤Ï from Uruguay but now lives in the Essex village of Takeley.

'I didn't think about it and went in. I was pulling her »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë and trying to defend her so they started ¡Ê·Ù´±¤Î¡Ë½ä²ó¶è°è¡¤¼õ»ý¤Á¶è°èing me up.?

The ½½Ê¬¤Ê Facebook ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ë by Melania Geymonat after the bus attack

English &a mp; Espa?ol, against CHAUVINIST, MISOGYNISTIC AND HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE

Last Wednesday, I had a date with Chris. We got on the Night Bus, Ĺ¡¤Î¨¤¤¤ëing for her place in Camden Town, climbed upstairs and took the Á°Àþ seats. We must have kissed or something because these guys ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à after us. I don't remember if they were already there or if they got?on after us. There were at least four of them. They started behaving like ¤´¤í¤Ä¤­s, ¼ûÍס¦Í׵᤹¤ëing that we kissed so they could enjoy watching, calling us 'lesbians' and ½Ò¤Ù¤ëing À­¤Î positions. I don't remember the whole episode, but the word 'scissors' stuck in my mind. It was only them and us there. In an »î¤ß¤ë¡¿´ë¤Æ¤ë to ÀŤá¤ë things É餫¤¹¡¿·âÄƤ¹¤ë, I started making jokes. I thought this might make them go away. Chris even pretended she was sick, but they kept on Ǻ¤Þ¤¹ing us, throwing us coins and becoming more enthusiastic about it. The next thing I know is that Chris is in the middle of the bus fighting with them. On an impulse, I went over there only to find her ľÌ̤¹¤ë bleeding and three of them ¡Ê·Ù´±¤Î¡Ë½ä²ó¶è°è¡¤¼õ»ý¤Á¶è°èing her up. The next thing I know is I'm ¸ºß punched. I got dizzy at the sight of my ·ì and fell »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë. I don't remember whether or not I lost consciousness. Suddenly the bus had stopped, the police were there and I was bleeding all over. Our stuff was stolen ƱÍͤË. I don't know yet if my nose is broken, and I ¹Á¡¿ÈòÆñ½ê't been able to go »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë to work, but what upsets me the most is that VIOLENCE HAS BECOME A COMMON THING, that ¤¤¤Ä¤«s it's necessary to see a woman bleeding after having been punched to feel some Æù¿Æ¡¤¿ÆÎàd of ¾×·â. I'm tired of ¸ºß taken as a SEXUAL OBJECT, of finding out that these ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀªs are usual, of gay friends who were beaten up JUST BECAUSE. We have to ÂѤ¨¤ë ¸ÀÍդΠ¤¤¤ä¤¬¤é¤» AND CHAUVINIST, MISOGYNISTIC AND HOMOPHOBIC VIOLENCE because when you stand up for yourself s*** like this happens. By the way, I am thankful to all the women and men in my life that understand that HAVING BALLS MEANS SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT. I just hope that in June, Pride Month, stuff like this can be spoken out loudly so they STOP HAPPENING!

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'I don't even know if I was knocked unconscious. I felt ·ì, I was bleeding all over my Ã夻¤ë¡¿ÉêÍ¿¤¹¤ës and all over the ¾²¤ËÂǤÁÅݤ¹.? We went downstairs and the police were there.'??

The pair had decided to sit at the Á°Àþ on the ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ deck because they both enjoy the novelty of a ÆóÎÝÂÇ decker bus.?

But the ι¹Ô turned out to be far worse than ¿äÄꤹ¤ë¡¿Í½ÁÛ¤¹¤ëd. ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat is still waiting to find out if her nose was broken in the vile attack.

She said there were at least four of them and one spoke Spanish while the others had a British accent. The ¹¶·â¼Ôs ¶²¤é¤¯ robbed the couple before ƨ¤²¤ëing.?

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat, who moved to the UK in February and is on a year's sabbatical from her °åÎŤΠ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ës, said she had felt °ÂÁ´¤Ê as a gay woman in London.?

But after ¸ºß stunned by the attack, she ²òÊü¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd the picture to raise ǧ¼±¡¿°Õ¼±À­ of ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ against women and gay people.

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat Äɲ乤ëd: 'It's not something ¸ÉΩ¤¹¤ëd, it's ¤¢¤ê¤Õ¤ì¤¿. We were seen as entertainment, that's what makes me so angry.'

Speaking to BBC ̵Àþ¤ÇÄÌ¿®¤¹¤ë 4's World At One programme today, she said: 'We tried to make them go away, but they didn't. They started throwing us coins. The next thing I know is that Chris is in the middle of the bus and they are punching her.

'I ¤¹¤°¤Ë went there just by impulse, I didn't think about it, and I tried to pull her out of there. So they started punching me, I don't remember if I was trying to get her out, or I punched somebody ? I really don't.

'So they started ¡Ê·Ù´±¤Î¡Ë½ä²ó¶è°è¡¤¼õ»ý¤Á¶è°èing me until I was bleeding. I was really bleeding. We went downstairs and the police were already there. They took our À¼ÌÀs and they called the µßµÞ¼Ö and everything.'

She Äɲ乤ëd:?' It's a surprise to me. I know that there is a lot of ¸ÀÍդΠ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ all the time, and that's the thing that made me tell the story. Even when these guys ¡Êµ¡¤Î¡Ë¥«¥à, it was not the first ¾õ¶·¡¿¾ðÀª when men see two women kissing and they start asking us if we were a show.

'I have gay friends who have been in the streets and they have been punched all over. Now, other people have told me a lot of ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ is going on, that we were even lucky that we were on a bus, because if we were in the streets, nobody knows what could have happened.'

She said the police had been '¶Ëü¤Ë good' in ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äêing with the ½ÐÍè»ö/»ö·ï.?

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat ³ôd about her experiences on Wednesday in a Facebook ÃÏ°Ì¡¤Ç¤Ì¿¤¹¤ë which has now attracted more than 3,700 comments and 9,700 ³ô.??

ÁíÍýÂç¿Ã Theresa May and ϫƯ leader Jeremy Corbyn both ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ëd the attack.

Mrs May said: 'This was a sickening attack and my thoughts are with the couple ±Æ¶Á¤¹¤ë¡¿´¶¾ðd.

'Nobody should ever have to hide who they are or who they love and we must work together to eradicate ÍÆǧ¤Ç¤­¤Ê¤¤ ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ the LGBT community.'

Mr Corbyn labelled the attack 'ÀäÂÐ shocking, Àâ: 'We must not, and will not, ¼õÂ÷¤¹¤ë this homophobic and misogynist ˽ÎÏ¡¿·ã¤·¤µ in our society.

'ÃÄ·ë to Melania and Chris, and to all in the LGBT+ community for everything they ÂѤ¨¤ë for ´Êñ¤Ë ¸ºß who they are.'

London »ÔĹ Sadiq ι½ÉÇñ½ê tweeted: 'This was a disgusting, misogynistic attack. Hate ºá¡¤ÈȺás against the LGBT+ community will not be µöÍƤ¹¤ëd in London.'??

Áªµó¶è¡¿Í­¸¢¼Ô MP Tulip Siddiq Äɲ乤ëd: 'Horrified to see this homophobic attack against two women ´Êñ¤Ë trying to enjoy a night out in West Hampstead.

'There can be no e xcuses, no space, for such obscene behaviour. My ½½Ê¬¤Ê ÃÄ·ë is with these women and the UK's LGBT community.'

And Health Ĺ´± Matt Hancock said: 'This is appalling. Everyone has the ¸¢Íø to love and I was proud to support equal marriage.'

¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat ´¶ÈÀ¸¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ëd last year as a doctor at the Universidad de la Rep?blica in Montevideo and had worked at the Hospital de Cl?nicas Montevideo before moving to the UK.

In an online profile, she said she had been 'Æ°µ¡¤Å¤±¤ëd by telling stories' since she was a girl, and had also ½Ï¹Í¤¹¤ë¡¿¹Íθ¤¹¤ëd »ö¼Â¾å¤Î¡¿ÂåÍý.

The attack happened on a N31 bus (pictured) travelling towards Camden Town
The pair had been travelling home through Camden Town (pictured) when the attack took place

The attack happened on a N31 bus (left) travelling ¤Ë¸þ¤«¤Ã¤Æ Camden Town (¸¢Íø) last week. The pair had been on a date night, and were »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ëing ¼êÅϤ¹s while on the bus

She ½é¤á¤Ï comes from Palmitas, a small town of ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ than 3,000 people in Uruguay, but later moved to Montevideo. She has also lived in Barcelona, Santiago in Chile and on a boat in Greece. ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë Geymonat also spent time travelling Italy, where her family ½é¤á¤Ï come from.?

A ¼çÍ×ÅԻԤΠPolice ¹­ÊóôÅö¼Ô said: 'Police are ¹µÁÊ¡¤¾å¹ðing for ¾Ú¸À¡¤¾Ú¿Í¡¿Ìܷ⤹¤ës and ¡Ê·Ù»¡¤Ê¤É¤Ø¤Î¡ËÌ©¹ð¡¤¹ðÁʡʾõ¡Ë after two women were ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯d and robbed in a homophobic attack on a bus in Camden.

'The ½ÐÍè»ö/»ö·ï happened at ¤À¤¤¤¿¤¤ 2.30am on May 30 after the two women, both Ϸǯ¤Î in their 20s, boarded a N31 bus in West Hampstead.

'As they sat on the ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ deck they were approached by a group of four males who began to make lewd and homophobic comments to them.?

'The women were then attacked and punched several times before the males ran off the bus. A phone and Êá¤é¤¨¤ë¡¢³ÍÆÀ¤¹¤ë were stolen during the ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯. Both women were taken to hospital for ¼£ÎÅ to facial ½ý³²s.'

Siwan Hayward, director of Ʊ°Õ¡¿Éþ½¾, policing and on-street services at Í¢Á÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë for London, said: 'This sickening attack is utterly ÍÆǧ¤Ç¤­¤Ê¤¤. Homophobic behaviour and ÍðÍÑ is a hate ºá¡¤ÈȺá and won't be µöÍƤ¹¤ëd on our ÌÖ¾õÁÈ¿¥.?

'All of our ¸ÜµÒs have the ¸¢Íø to travel without ¶²¤ì¤ë of ¸ÀÍդΠor physical ¶¯½±¡¤¶¯´¯ and we are working with the police to stamp out this behaviour on our Í¢Á÷¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë ÌÖ¾õÁÈ¿¥. We will do all we can to support the police Ä´ºº of this ½ÐÍè»ö/»ö·ï.'

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