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A member of a controversial right-wing men’s group, the Proud Boys, was hospitalized last weekend after an assault inside a bathroom at a Vancouver bar.

Josh, a 27-year-old from Langley, said he and two other members of the Vancouver chapter of the B.C. Proud Boys were having pints at the Astoria on Hastings Street on Saturday night — their third visit to the pub since the spring — when he was attacked by up to four people.

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Josh asked that he only be identified by his first name, saying he was concerned for his safety after seeing online chatter indicating that people sought to cause him further harm.

Josh said that after using a urinal, he turned around and was struck repeatedly in the head, neck and body with a blunt object. A Proud Boys T-shirt he was wearing was ripped from his body.

He stumbled out of the bathroom, dazed and bloodied, and his friends came to help him. When the trio asked bar staff to call police, the staff were dismissive, Josh claimed. His assailants haven’t been identified.