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Although homophobia is definitely a plausible motive here, it's important to know that there are multiple accusations of theft and grifting against this guy.
For example, he managed someone else’s bar, threw his birthday party there, and then vanished, leaving the owner with a bill of almost €6,000. He couldn't even be found by the police. He also never repaid a loan of €3,500 to someone else. By now, about 20 people claim to have been scammed by him. After prosecutors were unable to locate him for quite a while, the investigation is currently ongoing.
He also seems to be quite manipulative, complaining to his followers about not being chosen as a referee for games because of his activism, while actually just not showing up to mandatory training and therefore being unqualified.
(Source; unfortunately German and paywalled)
So, while homophobia might be the reason for this attack, he might also have been beaten up by a victim of his alleged crimes.
These fucking homophobic headlines are hurting queers so fucking much I bet.
It's never "locally-known terrorist murders child" NO, it's "queer murders child"
Same for race
Same for nationality
Same for profession
Same for financial status
I hate the world
Here is a source (in German) that's currently not paywalled. They don't mention that the police was looking for him, though, it's just an investigation - he even called the police on the day he was attacked because he received threats (the police thought there was no concrete danger and left again).
The FAZ article does add that the bar owner published his address and invited people to "pay him a visit". That does make it seem more likely that the attack was about the alleged fraud instead of his gayness, though it could always be both.
Thanks for the additional information!
Here's the quote from the paywalled article I was referring to:
Translation:
There has also been another case where there was a civil arrest warrant against K., though that isn't a police matter in Germany:
Translation:
Bullshit, they'd then been attacked earlier if homophobia weren't the motive. And this expressly happened AFTER proposal.
Homophobia is never to be tolerated. Fuck off with that apologia.
Literally isn't apologetic. Just highlights other plausible motives. Their coming out/proposal may just have made it easier to find their whereabouts.
It needs to be permissible to entertain the thought that a person who was attacked just happened to be LGBTQIA+ and the attack had other motives, especially if there are reasons to assume other motives. I'd rather live in a country where the police are bound by the law to not jump to conclusions because of what seems obvious at first glance.