A man was gravely injured when three men mercilessly beat him simply for the reason that he was hanging out with the girlfriend of one of the attackers.

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The attackers reportedly dragged the man around for a total of 30 minutes and continued to beat him and only stopped once police arrived on the scene. 

Following investigations, police discovered that the reason for the attack was because one of the men was enraged upon seeing his girl with another man. Two of the attackers were booked without detention, and police are in search of the third perp who fled the scene. 

The victim reportedly suffered fractured ribs and a broken nose for which he will need to receive six weeks of treatment and undergo surgery. An officer relayed, "Had people tried to stop [the perps] more actively there might have been less damage; it's tragic, really."