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

Terrifying video shows the moment a mob of men brutally beat a lesbian couple who were out celebrating one of their birthdays.

Emma MacLean said she and her girlfriend, who she only identified as ‘Tori,’ were walking in downtown Halifax, Canada on June 22 when they first encountered a group of about 10 men they believe to be of Middle Eastern descent and from Syria.

As they were passing by, one of the men allegedly made a rude comment about MacLean – prompting her girlfriend to stand up for her.

‘My girlfriend, Tori, said “Hey that’s my girlfriend,”‘ MacLean recounted to CTV News

She explained how her girlfriend became upset by the slur, and tried to confront the men.

They continued walking and then Tori followed them to basically verbally be like “That is not OK,”‘ MacLean said.

That’s when the group allegedly started to beat Tori.

‘I see Tori being pushed on the stairs right in front of the BMO Centre, and they are cement stairs, and she’s on her back – that’s when all the men started punching and kicking them.

At first, MacLean said she yelled at the men to stop, but they ignored her and continued their assault on her girlfriend.

She then decided to try to protect Tori.

‘The fight-or-flight came in,’ MacLean explained, saying she ‘basically jumped on one of their backs and put them in a chokehold – trying to restrain them.’

But video shows the group kicking at one of the women, who laid in the ground surrounded by her attackers – while the other struggled to break free from another man’s clutches.