According to wesh.com, a Holly Hill couple is accused of luring a tourist to their apartment, where police said they beat and robbed him. Police officers arrested Bobby Smith, 35, and his wife Doris Smith, 23, on Friday. Investigators said they beat the victim so badly that he spent several days in the hospital. The couple allegedly befriended the victim in front of a resort in Daytona Beach on Wednesday night. Read article
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The Times of India reports that an American woman was on Sunday assaulted inside a local train by an unidentified person, who escaped with her mobile phone, police said. The incident took place late this evening when the train was approaching Mumbai Central railway station, DCP (Western Railway) B Shirsat said. The accused attacked the […]
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According to abcactionnews.com, Clearwater Police say they have arrested a man who tried to kidnap a woman on Tuesday. Detectives say Joshua Hockaday, 42, attempted to abduct the 50-year-old woman at the Clarion Inn & Suites on U.S. 19. The woman was visiting from Aurora, Illinois, and was reportedly in the Bay area to see […]
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The New York Daily News reports that a California man who just moved to Brooklyn was brutally pistol-whipped while trying to make change for a creep pretending to be a panhandler, according to court papers. Meredith Lambson, 34, asked victim Scott McFarland for directions and change for a dollar about 3 p.m. Sunday on Norman […]
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According to allafrica.com, a Himba woman nearly beat up a tourist for photographing her without her consent on Tuesday. The woman, Uatanaua Nduri, saw a female tourist taking a picture of her, and afterwards asked for payment or for the tourist to delete the picture but a communication breakdown between the two led to a […]
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According to china.org.cn, a female tourist said several monks threw stones on her and claimed to beat her to death when she visited Wutai mountain in mid July, the eastday.com reported. The tourist delivered a message through an official BBS to the Party Secretary of Shanxi province and described her experience in the world famous […]
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Thisisdevon.co.uk reports that two teenage girls have been arrested after a tourist was mugged in Paignton and sprayed with joke shop fart gas. The 48-year-old victim was doused in the foul-smelling spray while on a pier in the Devon coastal town on Saturday. Read article
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According to thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk, tourists caravanning in the area are being warned to make sure their property is safe after a 3am attempt by thieves to steal bikes. During the early hours of Saturday morning, an awning attached to a caravan was slashed but the occupants woke up and the offender ran off empty-handed. The incident […]
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According to dgstandard.co.uk, a Dumfries backpacker was robbed at gunpoint in Brazil. Busker Adam Nash was sightseeing in Salvador with a group of friends when armed muggers pounced. The 32-year-old said: “It was surreal. When I saw the gun I was scared but I tried to stay calm. Read article
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Shanghaidaily.com reports that a tour guide who was accused of threatening to kill a sightseer while brandishing a pointed object in an effort to force tourists to buy more from a shop was detained yesterday on suspicion of beating others, Beijing’s tourism administration said. An initial investigation showed the 29-year-old man surnamed Meng doesn’t have […]
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