A Swiss woman who was on a cycling trip in central
India with her husband has been gang-raped by eight men, police said yesterday.
The attack comes three months after the fatal gang-rape of a woman aboard a New
Delhi bus outraged Indians.
Authorities detained and questioned 13 men in
connection with the latest attack, which occurred Friday night as the couple
camped out in a forest in Madhya Pradesh state after bicycling from the temple
town of Orchha, local police officer R.K. Gurjar said.
The men beat the couple and gang-raped the woman, he
said. They also stole the couple's mobile phone, a laptop computer and 10,000
rupees ($185).
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The woman, 39, was treated at a hospital in the
nearby city of Gwalior, Gurjar said, adding that she and her husband apparently
suffered no major injuries.
A photo showed the woman walking while being
escorted by police to the hospital. Her face was concealed with a hood, a
common practice in India, where law does not allow rape victims to be
identified publicly to protect them from the stigma attached to rape in the
conservative country.
Police detained 13 men and questioned them, Gurjar
said. Six of the men were released after questioning. No other details were
immediately available.
Indian television stations showed scores of police
searching the forest where the attack occurred.
Swiss Foreign Ministry spokesman Tilman Renz
described the case as "deeply disturbing" and said Swiss diplomats
were assisting the couple.
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