The FBI on Monday opened a federal investigation into a brutal weekend assault in downtown Cincinnati that left a man and woman bloodied and unconscious.

A Justice Department official confirmed to the Washington Examiner that the FBI launched its inquiry at the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi. The DOJ official confirmed that the bureau has already begun interviewing suspects in connection with the “upsetting footage of two people being beaten by a gang” but declined to go into more details.