India: British woman injured fleeing sexual attack
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The Hotel Agra Mahal is seen in Agra, India, Tuesday, March 19, 2013. A British woman traveling around India jumped out of the third-floor window of her hotel room on Tuesday after the hotel's owner tried to force his way into the room, causing her to fear she was about to be sexually assaulted, police said. --PHOTO: AP
LUCKNOW (AP) - Police say that a British woman has been injured after she jumped from the balcony of her hotel room in the tourist city of Agra in order to escape a sexual assault.
Police official Manish Sisodia says woman jumped out of her third floor room early Tuesday after a man forced his way into her room. She fractured her leg. No other details were available.
The attack comes days after a Swiss tourist was gang-raped in central India. Six men have been arrested in that attack.
India has seen anger and public protests against rapes and sexual attacks on women since the fatal gang-rape of a young woman on a bus in New Delhi in December.
