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" Two brothers have been arrested in India, after they allegedly kidnapped and repeatedly raped a Japanese student close to Bodh Gaya, a place of Buddhist pilgrimage in the East of India.  The 22 year old student was taken hostage at gunpoint. She was then held in a basement and repeatedly raped for three weeks. After her health deteriorated as a result, her captors brought her to the town of Gaya for medical treatment on the 20th of December. She was able to escape, and managed to find some Japanese tourists, who helped her reach Japan&amp;#039;s consulate in Kolkata.  The brothers accused of the horrific acts are tour guides, named Sajid and Jawed Khan. They are aged 32 and 25, respectively.  &amp;quot;We have arrested the duo for confining and raping the Japanese student,&amp;quot; confirmed Alok Kumar Sing, the deputy superintendent of the area.  Some reports suggest that the attack could have been the result of an organised gang, who specifically target single female tourists. According to the BBC, one of the men spoke fluent Japanese, and told the student that he and his brother wanted to take her sight-seeing. They then allegedly took her to a beach resort, where they stole her money and raped her before moving her to the basement near Bodh Gaya.  This adds to a long list of incidents providing evidence that India needs to take serious action against sexual violence. Following gang rapes last year that caused global outrage, the last year has seen an onslaught of horrific stories of sexual inequality and violence in India, from the seven and eight year old girls raped by a priest, to the revelation that 42% of Indian women are sexually assaulted before the age of 19. Something needs to change. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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