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Toronto • A CityTV video editor says he was the target of a racially motivated beating by three men who shouted racial and homophobic slurs at him before attacking him.

Rob Ramlackhan says the men followed him into a McDonalds restaurant at Queen and Church streets shortly after 2 a.m. Sunday, where one man allegedly hit him in the head from behind with a collapsible baton.

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Ramlackhan said the men had tried to prevent him from entering the restaurant by standing in front of the doors while repeatedly shouting “paki fag” at him.

If that isn’t racially motivated, I don’t know what is. I’m angry and disgusted

They then followed the CityTV employee into the restaurant and were promptly escorted out by security, he said. They allegedly continued to taunt him from outside by banging on the window, shouting the slur and threatening him before re-entering the restaurant and attacking him. The suspects fled the scene.

Toronto Police have not classified this incident as a racially motivated assault. A spokesperson for the police said the investigation is ongoing and officers have obtained security footage of the event.