British tourist beaten in Kyiv allegedly for ‘non-standard appearance’

A British tourist was brutally assaulted by several young men in central Kyiv. He assumes he was attacked for his non-standard style.

Liam Tong, 23, wrote in a Facebook post that he was attacked in the afternoon on Jan. 19 before leaving for the airport. As he was walking with his suitcase in central Kyiv, a group of “teenagers” or “young adults” threw a snowball at him and then kicked his suitcase “for no reason.” A minute later, Tong recollects, he was pushed to the ground by brute force and beaten.