Hunt for UK gay hate attacker

Police are hunting this man after a 25-year-old was stabbed four times in what officers believe was a homophobic attack.

The victim and a 38-year-old male friend were returning home on a bus from a night out in the West End when the assailant struck.

Police believe they were deliberately targeted by their attacker who followed them on to a night bus in the Tottenham Court Road area at about 4am yesterday.

Scotland Yard today released this CCTV image of the suspected attacker on board the N20 bus near Highgate.

The attack happened as the bus travelled past Highgate Underground station in Archway Road. (source)