A travel couple who vlog about their travels have landed in a hospital after encountering a tragedy during their journey.
The couple set out on a quest to visit every country in the world on their motorcycles. However, when they got to India, they were attacked.
The couple announced they were at the hospital because they had been beaten up and the woman had been gang raped by 7 men, some of their belongings stolen.
Sharing a video from the hospital, they wrote: “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. We are in the hospital with police. It happened tonight here in India.”
Meanwhile Indian authorities have arrested four people suspected of being part of a group that attacked the Spanish tourists and gangraped one of them.
A patrol car rescued the duo late on Friday night after the assault and escorted them to a local hospital.
The couple were touring had concluded a trip to Sri Lanka before they entered Indian in continuation of their journey.
Sexual violence targeting women is common in India, with women from minority tribal communities being particularly at risk. Taboos around speaking up about the crime and low conviction rates of suspects add to the problem.
An average of nearly 90 rapes were reported in India every day, meaning one woman was raped every 18 minutes, in 2022, according to the National Crime Records Bureau, which recorded 31,516 rape cases that year.
