University condemns ‘horrific’ attack against LGBT+ students by ex members of banned fraternity

A university in Pennsylvania has launched an investigation following a “horrific” attack on LGBT+ students allegedly carried out by former members of a banned fraternity.

On Thursday night, nearly 20 men, who were reportedly former members of the Tau Kappa Epsilon fraternity at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, launched an assault on their old building, two years after the organisation was shut down in 2019 over hazing, including the use of dog collars on new members.

The mantra of the national fraternity, which was founded in 1899 at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Illinois, is: “Better men for a better world.”