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Danish tourist gang-raped, Indian police say
A 51-year-old Danish tourist was gang-raped near a popular shopping area in New Delhi after she got lost and approached a group of men for directions back to her hotel, police said Wednesday
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51-year-old Danish tourist was gang-raped near a popular shopping area in NewDelhi after she got lost and approached a group of men for directions back toher hotel, police said Wednesday.
The attack is the latest crime to focus attention on the scourge of sexual violence in India.
The woman also was robbed and beaten in the attack, which happened Tuesday near Connaught Place, police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said.
The woman asked the men for directions to her hotel, Bhagat said. They lured her to a secluded area where they raped her at knife-point, according to the Press Trust of India news agency.
There has been a surge in the number of rapes being reported recently, suggesting women are emboldened to speak up. Between January and October last year, 1,330 rapes were reported in Delhi and its suburbs, compared with 706 for all of 2012, according to government figures.
