India police: Robbers gang rape nun in her 70s at school

[DonViejo]

Source: ASSOCIATED PRESS

KOLKATA, India (AP) — Police say a nun in her 70s was gang-raped by a group of bandits when she tried to prevent them from committing a robbery in a Christian missionary school in eastern India.

The attack early Saturday is the latest crime to focus attention on the scourge of sexual violence in India.

A police officer says the nun was hospitalized in serious condition after the attack, which was committed by seven to eight robbers at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School in West Bengal state’s Nadia district.

The officer says police are searching for the bandits, who escaped with some cash, a mobile phone, a laptop computer and a camera belonging to the school. The officer spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters.

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Read more: http://www.salon.com/2015/03/14/india_police_robbers_gang_rape_nun_in_her_70s_at_school/

[marym625]

1. How horrific!

No words.

I hope she will heal.

[roguevalley]

13. what a horrible bunch of people to do this to anyone. What the hell is wrong with India?

[smirkymonkey]

15. I am wondering the same thing.

Why does India have such a problem with this? Is it due to the cultural devaluation of women?

[JonLP24]

2. Brutal traumatic inhumane to force someone to endure

To even torture someone is outrageous as well as those with who standby and let it happen but this is as worst as it gets & the victim, good chance she'll spend the remainder of her life suffering & coping with trauma of this. Just one of the cruelest things in so many ways.

I don't understand the mindset, I understand power explanation & it fits but I still don't get it & the collective mindset there. Not one of them drew a line? I wouldn't wish the pain & trauma on my worst enemy but to give someone one of their most painful memories of their lifetime. Don't care or they do know which is why they did it. I don't get it.

Watched a documentary on immigration from El Salvador, a lot of mass immigration on top of trains -- a human rights activist out there helping to do it safely, reported this sort of crime rate is sky high -- those who want to get away with it still have to live with themselves which is why only the sociopath of the worst kind is the only way I can imagine but the truth may surprise me. I know torture can be done is the torturer feels it is justified as well as those facilitating & supporting it. One of the worst memories to have if not the first.

[Shrike47]

3. Incredibly sad. Here in Oregon we had a case in the 80's of a burgler who raped a nun in her 80s.

He broke her jaw before he raped her. The case has haunted me.

[bluedigger]

4. I'll never understand why rape in India is always global news at DU.

It happens everywhere, right? Seems like only India gets scrutinized at the same level we should be looking at our own society.

[DonViejo]

8. You think it's only "global news" at DU?

If that thought were correct, do you think the Associated Press, Reuters and other wire services would report about it? Or, do you think those wire services only report on it because they know there exists an audience for this news at DU?

[bluedigger]

10. I think some think because the news services cover it, they need to post it here.

Don't the news services carry reports of rape in other countries? Or are they the ones who focus on India and shape our view of one of the most populous countries on the planet as a place where only rape happens? I just find it curious and tiresome to focus on one country for this ubiquitous crime. Maybe I just notice it more for some reason - I don't know.

[DonViejo]

11. incidents of rape are at epidemic proportions in India;

tourists, school girls, Indian women and, obviously, nuns. In general, the incidents of rape are not conducted by a single criminal, but rather, like the nun in the above story, the victims are gang raped.

[Throd]

18. I don't think it happens like that "everywhere".

[romanic]

5. Disgusting.

[Dont call me Shirley]

6. STOP! This awful mind virus of sexual assault must be vaccinated!

To the Sister, I am so deeply sorry this happened to you. I wish you much tender comfort and healing.

[Comrade Grumpy]

7. Local crime story from the other side of the planet. Why is this here?

[DonViejo]

9. File an alert on it if you don't like it.

[Helen Borg]

12. Because people read it, I think.

[Mojorabbit]

14. I am following these stories to see if this is something

that is increasing in numbers or no. I am interested in this story which is why I clicked on the link. There have been stories like this from a number of areas lately and I am hoping it is not a trend.

[LiberalElite]

17. Oh, I don't know, maybe because the victim is an 70 YEAR OLD NUN?

So sorry your time was wasted.

[Quackers]

19. Why did you click, read, and comment on it?

[Eugene]

16. Police detain 8 men in Indian nun rape investigation

Source: BBC

15 March 2015 Last updated at 14:39 GMT

Police detain 8 men in Indian nun rape investigation

Eight men have been detained by police investigating the rape of an elderly nun in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Six alleged attackers were caught on CCTV as they burgled the convent before the 74-year-old nun was raped.

Prayers for the victim are are being said in churches across the country. She is in a stable condition in a Calcutta hospital.

The Archbishop of Calcutta has called for more security at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, the site of the attack.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-31897349



Police have released images of the suspects and offered a reward for any information