The head of a French LGBTQ rights association has been hospitalised after being attacked with a bottle in Paris, activists and prosecutors said on Sunday.

Pierre Picavet, a police officer and president of FLAG!, an association that campaigns against discrimination against LGBTQ people, was attacked as he left a bar in the Marais district of central Paris.

The prosecutor’s office said Picavet sustained multiple injuries, including internal bleeding and a head wound.

According to prosecutors, Picavet identified himself as a police officer and showed his police identification to the attacker, but the suspect continued the assault.

Prosecutors said the attacker repeatedly directed a homophobic slur at Picavet during the incident.

STOP Homophobie, an LGBTQ rights organisation, condemned the incident as a homophobic attack, saying anti-LGBTQ violence remained a reality.

The suspected attacker was arrested and taken into custody. Prosecutors said he had no previous criminal record and was intoxicated at the time of the assault.

Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire also condemned the incident, describing it as a homophobic attack and saying the city would not surrender its streets to hatred.

Police and prosecutors are continuing investigations into the incident.