A lesbian couple leaving San Francisco’s Pride Parade Sunday was brutally beaten by men who had shouted an antigay slur, according to NBC news.

The couple, Jen and Jakkie (both declined to give their last names), were about to enter a BART station near Mission and Ninth streets when they heard a homophobic epithet. Before they knew it several men had jumped on Jen, they said. Jakkie told NBC news that when she attempted to stop the men from beating on Jen, they kicked her arm hard enough to break it.

"I thought I was going to die," Jen said of the attack by at least six men. "They were total strangers. And how could they have so much hate toward me and I don't even know them?"

The incident is being investigated as a hate crime and San Francisco police have asked that anyone with information leading to the identity of the suspects please come forward.