A lesbian couple and a third lesbian roommate are dead after a person allegedly threw a Molotov cocktail into their room in a Buenos Aires boarding home, according to a report in the Washington Blade.

A 62-year-old man threw a Molotov cocktail into a boarding house where 2 lesbian couples lived, setting it ablaze and killing 2 women last week The attack, widely seen as a hate crime, has shocked many in a nation that considers itself to be a pioneer of gay rights in Latin America A third woman died on Sunday after a man threw a Molotov cocktail

The four women shared a room at a boardinghouse in the Barracas barrio of Buenos Aires. A neighbor, Justo Fernando Barrientos, 68, had previously threatened the women, according to witnesses. They said he was later allegedly seen throwing the Molotov cocktail into the upstairs room shared by the four women.