Swiss tourists suffer brutal attack in India
AFP
NEW DELHI: A Swiss tourist has been left with a fractured skull after he and his girlfriend were attacked near the Taj Mahal during a holiday in India, police and media reports said Thursday, reports AFP.
A group of men approached the couple near a local railway station and demanded selfies with the woman before attacking them with stones on Sunday, the Times of India daily said.
It said the man suffered a fractured skull while his girlfriend, a 24-year-old Swiss national, had a broken arm and multiple bruises.
Bystanders took videos of the couple on their mobile phones as they lay on the ground after the attack, the paper reported.
Senior officer Amit Pathak told AFP by phone from Agra in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh that police had identified some of the attackers.
Some of them could be minors, so we are investigating and if they are indeed minors they will be produced in juvenile court as per the law, said Pathak, senior police superintendent for Agra.
Another police officer, Pradeep Kumar, later said one suspect had been taken in for questioning.
