Police said the attackers of Jussie Smollett (L) yelled "racial and homophobic slurs"
GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA/AFP/File - Alberto E. Rodriguez

CHICAGO: Black, openly gay actor Jussie Smollett of the US television program "Empire" was hospitalized on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) in Chicago following a possibly hate-motivated attack in which assailants tied a rope around his neck, police and his co-workers said.

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