Efe New Delhi

New Delhi

Updated Saturday, March 2, 2024-09:31

A Spanish tourist was

attacked and gang raped

in a region of northern

India

, where she was on vacation with her husband, official sources informed EFE this Saturday.

The woman, of Brazilian origin with Spanish citizenship, and her husband, also Spanish, were on vacation doing a

bicycle tour

, diplomatic sources confirmed.

Three people have been arrested in connection with what happened.

"It is a condemnable incident and the police are taking appropriate action. The culprits will not be spared," Mithilesh Kumar Thakur

, the regional minister of Jharkhand state, where the events occurred,

told the press .