A couple making social media content motorcycling around the globe was reportedly attacked and robbed during their travel in India, with the female of the group suffering a brutal gang rape by seven men.
The couple, “Vincente and Fernanda,” whose account boasts 282K followers, uploaded a video to Instagram following the assault, warning fellow travelers to be wary of rapists in India.
“Something has happened to us that we would not wish on anyone, seven men have raped me, they have beaten us and robbed us, although not many things because what they wanted was to rape me,” the couple’s Instagram story post stated, with video showing Fernanda’s face badly bruised.
a travelvlog couple trying to visit every country in the world decided to go to India as their latest destination.
11 hours ago they announced they were at the hospital because he had been beaten up and she had been gang raped by 7 men. pic.twitter.com/WNSd21TUi5
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“They raped me, they took turns while some watched and they stayed like that for about two hours,” Fernanda told Spanish TV channel Antena 3.
The rapists allegedly held a knife to Vincente’s throat while Fernanda was assaulted.
More details are available now.
They were resting at a tourist market in Dumka on their way to Nepal when the attack happened. Vincente had a knife held to his throat while Fernanda was assaulted.
Three of the seven suspects have been apprehended. https://t.co/e0BdhqVeFF
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According to CNN, “The couple, who had been traveling by motorcycle from the state of West Bengal to neighboring Nepal, were found late Friday by police officers on patrol, said Pitambar Singh Kherwar, superintendent of Dumka district police in Jharkhand state.”
“The couple said they had camped out near the site where they were attacked because they could not find hotels nearby,” Reuters reports.
The couple later reportedly clarified that not all Indians were to blame for the savage assault.
I’m so sorry but trying to do a “kumbaya it’s a beautiful country please don’t judge” while your wife is laying there with bruises on her face because she was gang raped by seven men is PATHOLOGICALLY INSANE https://t.co/rdAILLmVKt pic.twitter.com/NtVtOCMJau
— pagliacci the hated ? (@Slatzism) March 4, 2024
Police in Dumka by Monday had reportedly arrested three of the men who took part in the assault.
The couple also posted an image of one of the alleged culprits still at large to social media, saying he was one of the most aggressive men.
The incident has sparked outrage and criticism of rape and violence in India, which gained international attention in 2012 after a girl was sexually assaulted on a bus by five men who penetrated her with a steel rod “which perforated her intestines,” according to Newsweek.
The couple’s brutal assault will hopefully serve as a cautionary tale for other travelers to be maintain situational awareness when traveling abroad in foreign countries.
do NOT make me tap the sign ever again pic.twitter.com/EC09E2tYrv
— pagliacci the hated ? (@Slatzism) March 2, 2024
what the actual fuck is wrong with Indians… pic.twitter.com/zp9TyEuC5c
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