More than two months ago, when a Spanish Internet celebrity couple traveled to India, the video report of his wife being gang-raped by 7 people is still impressive. The two men recently left India to release a 59-minute video documentary, "Death Up Close," on YouTube, in which they made their ordeal public and revealed more details.
Among them, after his wife Fernanda was tragically ravaged for more than 3 hours, her sweater, underwear, and even private parts were stained with the abuser's semen, but in order to leave evidence, she could not clean up in time, so she could only follow the police to several hospitals to make evidence of rape, Fernanda denounced "Indian society is really shameful".
This 59-minute video can be seen on overseas YouTube and domestic B stations in China.
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Seven or eight Indians walked from a nearby village to their campsite
Here's what happened:
On the evening of March 1, Indian time, a couple of Spanish travel bloggers camped in the Dumka district of Jharkhand state in eastern India, and their wife Fernanda was gang-raped by seven Indian men, and her husband Vincente (Vincente) had his teeth knocked out and was stabbed in the neck, and he was threatened with death.
Vincent recalls that the sunset was beautiful that evening, and because they couldn't find a hotel in the town of Dumka in India, they decided to set up a tent on a motorbike in a field open space 2 kilometers from the town.
Tent camping is the norm for travelers, who have camped in the wild in countless countries and shown their fans that camping is safe.
It's the same this time, since the hotel is not easy to find, they also want to find a place where no one is around, and after a good rest, the next trip is to go to Nepal.
The couple was camping for the night on their way to Nepal.
But they were wrong, India is different from other countries, especially girls, camping outside and not being raped seems impossible.
Sure enough, when they chose a campsite, seven or eight Indians walked from a nearby village to their campsite, at first to see the excitement, after all, Fernanda, 28, has a 63-year-old husband by his side.
Although they didn't move the women, they began to reach into Fernanda's grocery bag and snatch their peanuts.
Fernanda was upset, but she thought the men were just trying to take their food, as they had traveled without physical threats. At this point, Vincent decided to give up his plans to have dinner at the campsite and instead go to the town to find something to eat, and buy some milk and water along the way.
It wasn't until dark that Fernanda and her husband Vincent returned to the open space where they had wanted to camp in the first place, thinking that the idle people had long since left.
And yet they were wrong.
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The gang rape lasted for more than three hours, and after one round, another round was repeated
At about 8 o'clock in the evening, the 7 or 8 Indian men came to Vincent's campsite again, this time they were not polite, and directly broke into the couple's tent, Vincent asked them to leave, but the other party had no fear, directly took out a machete, put it on Vincent's neck, obviously, this time these Indian men did not come to see the excitement, but to rape.
Vincent tried to negotiate and offered to give them some money to leave, but the men didn't need Vincent to take the money, so they just looted the only four or five hundred dollars they had and some Indian rupees.
Violence then ensued, with the Indians repeatedly hitting Vincent in the head with the couple's motorcycle helmet, kicking him in the stomach and putting a large knife to his neck, threatening to kill him.
After waiting for Vincent to be subdued, 7 or 8 Indian men joined hands to tie up Vincent and then attacked Fernanda.
That's right, as Fernanda later recalled: "They beat us and robbed us, but their main purpose was to rape me. ”
Fernanda, who was seen with visible bruises on her face, said: 'They thrashed us and robbed us, but their main aim was to rape me.'
Seven or eight men gang-raped Fernanda for two hours, and after one round, another round, and once Fernanda resisted, someone would choke her by the neck, immobilizing her, and at any time at risk of suffocation.
Fernanda recalled: "They raped me, they took turns raping, and when someone raped, everyone else watched from the sidelines. ”
They raped me, they took turns while some watched and they stayed like that for about two hours.……
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Fernanda had a knife in his hand, but it was taken away by the Indian man in an instant
In fact, Fernanda felt uneasy when the Indians snatched their peanuts when they chose a campsite in the afternoon.
After eating in the town, shopping for food, and on the way back to the campsite, the couple had a discussion about camping while filming.
"If I travel alone, I don't camp outside," Fernanda said. ”
Vincent said, "I will." ”
Fernanda said: "Of course, because you are a man. That's the difference between us (men and women). ”
Vincent said, "A man has to look like a man. ”
Fernanda said: "It's not like that, it's not equal. Vulnerable people are at greater risk. For you, if a man fights you, you have a better chance of defending yourself than a woman. But for women, due to the inequality of power, women must be armed with machetes in order to have the same abilities. ”
Indeed, when 7 or 8 Indian men beat them, Fernanda had a knife in his hand, but it was taken away by the Indian men in an instant.
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Sweaters, panties, and private parts are all stained with the semen of the abuser
After the Indian man gang-raped and fled, the couple went to the neighborhood to look for help, and just happened to come across a police car, so they took them back to the campsite to get their belongings and then went to the hospital for examination.
Therefore, the Indian media proudly reported that the Indian police rushed to the scene of the crime as soon as possible.
The couple had to rest first because the nearby town hospital did not have proper check-up measures, but the windows of the hospital were broken and mosquitoes were biting.
It was already three o'clock in the morning.
Fernanda's sweater, panties, and even private parts were stained with the abuser's semen. In order to leave evidence, she could not clean up, so she could only wait anxiously for dawn.
In order to help the Indian police find the perpetrators, they provided video recordings, however, the police's loose attitude made the couple feel unreliable.
So, they recorded a video of asking for help and posted it, because the couple is a well-known Internet celebrity, therefore, the incident quickly attracted the attention of the media and netizens, and the relevant departments of Spain and Brazil also urgently contacted the couple, saying that they could help, Fernanda has dual Spanish and Brazilian citizenship, that is, Fernanda is a Brazilian Spanish citizen.
At this moment, the Indian police are really taking action under the pressure of global public opinion.
The next day, the police told them to put on helmets, avoid the media, and go to another hospital seventy or eighty kilometers away to have their injuries evaluated and DNA tested.
At the new hospital, Vincent had a head scan, and Fernanda had a DNA test of her semen, and after keeping the evidence, she was finally able to take a shower.
But at this point, the Indian police made a request to remove the posted content on the grounds that the posted video would hinder the investigation, and the couple had to agree.
she was made to take down the video from her page so as not to 'disturb' the police's investigation.
Before leaving the hospital, they were asked to put on robes, put on masks, and sneak out the back door.
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Asked to post a video saying that India is a great country worth visiting
In the days that followed, until they left India, they were housed in a hotel where food and water were brought to them every day.
At the entrance of the hotel, there were military police with guns guarding them. However, some keen netizens later discovered that the video they recorded later "India is good" was also in this hotel.
After the release of the video of the Spanish vlogger who was raped for help, it attracted strong attention from the international community, so the Indian side paid the couple 1 million rupees, about 11,000 euros, equivalent to 84,000 yuan.
In such a situation, the police asked the couple to send a video claiming: Indians are very good, this encounter is just an individual case, please don't be prejudiced against India, saying that India is a great country worth visiting.
But in the film, they said: "We have camped in many countries, as many as 66, and camped in Afghanistan, Pakistan and other underdeveloped countries, but the vast majority of people are very good and they feel safe." ”
The implication is that India alone has caused them a great disaster.
Fernanda and Vincent are globetrotting bloggers with around 320,000 followers on Instagram (IG, also known as Instagram in China), and the couple are also brand ambassadors for KLIM motorcycles, which have traveled more than 170,000 kilometers in more than 60 countries since they set off from Barcelona five years ago.
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Netizen: Wild animals are more restrained than Indians
After the report of the beautiful blogger being gang-raped in India was reported by the global media, many netizens began to tell some of their own experiences in India while expressing sympathy for the couple, and the vast majority of them had a negative attitude.
A netizen said:
I have lived in India for a few years and have witnessed sexual assault crimes with a different severity than any other place I have been to.
Once, on a train in India, a completely strange Englishwoman asked to sleep in my bed and pretended to be my girlfriend because a man walking in the hallway licked her feet, which made her feel horrible.
Another netizen sighed:
So, a woman traveling alone to India is like looking for death, and she can be raped when she is with a man, and oh my God, I always pray for my sisters in India.
Another female netizen wrote:
About 15 years ago, I spent 6 weeks in India (it was supposed to be 3 months). I was 21 years old and traveling alone, and honestly, it was the worst place I've ever been on earth. Wild animals are more restrained than Indians. Sexual harassment all day, every day. I will never go again.
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In 2022, there were an average of 86 rapes per day in India
In 2022, the Indian police recorded 31,516 rapes, an average of 86 rapes per day.
India’s National Crime Records Bureau reports 31,516 rape cases were recorded in 2022, an average of 86 cases per day.
In December 2012, an Indian female medical intern boarded a bus at night.
She was beaten and gang-raped with iron rods by six male passengers on the bus, and suffered multiple injuries on her body.
One of the main culprits of the year showed no remorse in the interview, and also claimed: "A decent girl is not going to hang out at 9 p.m....... In the case of rape, girls are more responsible than boys. ”
In fact, the main culprit generally said the reality of Indian society, in India, the responsibility for being raped is generally borne by girls, who makes girls beautiful and sexy?
Even this time Fernanda was gang-raped by 7 people, and some Indian netizens accused Fernanda of not being dressed so revealingly.
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Bollywood Female Stars: I'm ashamed that Indian men treat foreign women casually
In reporting on the incident, the British newspaper Daily Mail quoted Indian Bollywood movie actress Richa Chadha as saying: "Indian men treat foreign women as casually as their own, and I am ashamed of our rotten society."
Indians are treating foreigners like they treat their own women. Shame on our rotten society.
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