WEB DESK: It is estimated that approximately 35% of women worldwide have experienced sexual harassment in their life
Because many women who experience sexual violence seldom report or come forward about their incidences, exact rape numbers are challenging to report. However, some national studies show that up to 70 percent of women have experienced physical and/or sexual violence from an intimate partner in their lifetime, according to data of the United Nations.
Less than 40% of women who experience sexual violence seek help and less than 10% seek assistance from law enforcement, according to data available on rape in most of the countries.Currently two women – an Israeli tourist and an Indian homestay operator – were stargazing with three male tourists near a lake in the city of Hampi, Karnataka, when they were attacked by a group of men, police superintendent Ram Arasiddi told media.
Arasiddi said the assailants pushed the men into the Tungabhadra River canal before raping the women.Two of the men, one of them American, survived, and the third man’s body was recovered on Saturday morning, he said.”Five people – two women and three men – were attacked near Sanapur,” ArasiddPolice have arrested two of the men accused of the attack and an investigation is ongoing, Arasiddi said. Police believe the men followed the group.The US State Department said it was “aware of reports that a US citizen was among a group of victims of violent crime” near Hampi.
According to witness testimony from one of the women, the group was stargazing near a temple in Sanapur when three men arrived on a motorcycle and asked them where they could get petrol.
