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The Missoula Police Department is looking for anyone with information after a couple reported being assaulted outside of a Missoula bar on Saturday night.

Sgt. Travis Welsh said the incident happened just before midnight outside the Rhino. The two men told police they had just left the bar when they were approached by two other men who assaulted them after yelling a homophobic slur.

Welsh said a group of bystanders saw the attack, but that the assailants ran away and police have yet to identify them. He said a detective is talking to businesses in the area to see if any of them have surveillance footage of the incident.

The couple told the Missoulian on Monday that they were walking back to their car holding hands when the two men passed them heading the other direction. Just after they went past, one of the men yelled a derogatory comment, and when one of the couple turned around he was punched in the jaw, then hit several more times. He said he made it back into the bar and yelled for help, and when he came back out the men were attacking his boyfriend.

He said his jaw is swollen and painful and he has other bruises, and his partner has a black eye. He said he had never seen his assailants before.