SALISBURY, Md. — Police in Maryland have arrested three more Salisbury University students on hate crime charges after an attack in which investigators say a man was lured to an off-campus apartment, beaten and called a homophobic slob.

The latest arrests brought to 15 the number of those charged in the October 15 attack, after a dozen others were arrested earlier this month. Police in Salisbury, a city of about 35,000 in the state’s Eastern Shore region, said in a statement Thursday that they do not expect to make any additional arrests.

In addition to assault and false imprisonment, the defendants face hate crime charges for allegedly targeting the victim because he is gay, police said. According to charging documents, one of the defendants created a fake account on a dating app and promised the victim sex with a 16-year-old.

The man’s age is not included in the court documents. Under Maryland law, the legal age of consent is 16 in most cases.

Court records do not list attorneys for two of the three most recent defendants. A lawyer for the other declined to comment on the case.

The Salisbury Police Department began investigating after two witnesses told campus police they had seen a video of the assault, according to charging documents. According to police, the victim suffered a broken rib and extensive bruising.

Steve Rakow, an attorney for one of the students arrested earlier, vehemently rejected the hate crime designation. He said the man never reported what happened because he was trying to have sex with a teenage boy.

Salisbury University leaders have condemned the attack and vowed to make sure members of the LGBTQ+ community feel safe on campus. They held a unity walk on Monday to show their support.