Activists blame Argentina’s government after four gay women killed in arson

In an alleged hate crime, four lesbians were set on fire, killing three and seriously injuring the fourth, in Buenos Aires early on 6 May

Activists in Argentina have accused the country’s far-right government of stoking homophobia after an alleged hate crime in which four gay women were set on fire, killing three and seriously injuring the fourth.

A man in his 60s is alleged to have thrown burning rags into the women’s shared bedroom of a boarding house in Buenos Aires early on 6 May.