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		</div><p>Empire actor Jussie Smollett has been taken to hospital after being attacked in a possible hate crime.</p>
<p>The 35-year-old actor was attacked at 2am on Tuesday in Chicago by two men who put a rope around his neck and poured an “unknown chemical substance” on him.</p>
<p>Police said the incident was “possibly racially charged” and the men shouted “racial and homophobic slurs”.</p>
<p>Smollett was taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago where he was treated.</p>
<blockquote><p>The offenders began to batter the victim with their hands about the face and poured an unknown chemical substance on the victim</p></blockquote>
<p>A statement from police said: “The Chicago Police Department received a report of a possible racially-charged assault and battery involving a cast member of the television show Empire.</p>
<p>“Given the severity of the allegations, we are taking this investigation very seriously and treating it as a possible hate crime.”</p>
<p>Smollett plays Jamal Lyon, the gay son of a music mogul, in the popular Fox drama.</p>
<p>The statement continued: “The offenders began to batter the victim with their hands about the face and poured an unknown chemical substance on the victim.</p>
<p>“At some point during the incident, one of the offenders wrapped a rope around the victim’s neck. The offenders fled the scene.”</p>
<p>We must turn this tide and ensure that no human beings, including our LGBTQ neighbours, are dehumanised and fettered by hate and violence</p>
<p>The King Centre for Nonviolent Social Change, which promotes racial equality in the US and was founded by Martin Luther King Jr’s wife, said it was praying for Smollett.</p>
<p>A tweet from the nongovernmental organisation said: “The oceans of history are made turbulent by the ever rising tides of hate.</p>
<p>“We must turn this tide and ensure that no human beings, including our LGBTQ neighbours, are dehumanised and fettered by hate and violence. Praying for Jussie Smollett.”</p>
<p>Police said Smollett was in “good condition”.</p>
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