Israeli tourist to return home after brutal gang rape in India 

Four days after a brutal gang rape and murder involving a 27-year-old Israeli woman and a guesthouse owner in Karnataka, India, the victim is set to return to Israel on Monday.

Meanwhile, Indian authorities have named the third suspect in the horrific attack as Kasiram. He was apprehended after fleeing to Tamil Nadu. Two other suspects, Mallesh and Chetan Sai Sillekyatar, were arrested earlier, and their photos were publicly released by local police. In response to the attack, Karnataka’s interior minister pledged to enhance security at popular tourist destinations, including providing safety briefings to incoming visitors.

The attack unfolded last Thursday when the Israeli woman and the guesthouse owner were accompanied by two Americans and an Indian tourist near Sanapur village. According to the guesthouse owner, while the group was stargazing and playing guitar, three suspects approached, demanding money.

When the group refused, the attackers violently assaulted the men, throwing them into a canal. Tragically, one man drowned after being threatened with rocks and tossed into the water. The assailants then raped the two women.

Despite the strong current, American tourist Daniel Pittas managed to swim with Pankaj Amrit Rao Patil to the canal’s edge. The third man, identified as Bibash, was swept downstream, with his broken watch the only sign of him seen later. The survivors returned to find the two women devastated and crying. They made their way back to the guesthouse and subsequently filed a police report.