Swiss couple attacked in India's Fatehpur Sikri

A couple from Lausanne in Switzerland was chased and attacked with stones and sticks by a group of youths in Fatehpur Sikri on Sunday, leaving them battered and bruised.

Quentin Jeremy Clerc, 24, who came to India on September 30 with his girlfriend Marie Droz, also 24, told TOI from his hospital bed in Delhi that they were strolling near the railway station at Fatehpur Sikri after a day in Agra when the group started following them. "They initially passed comments, which we didn't understand, and then forced us to stop so they could take selfies with Marie," he said.

The harassment soon turned into an attack so brutal that it left Clerc with a fractured skull and a clot in his brain.Doctors attending on him said a blow that struck one of his ears has caused hearing impairment.Droz has a broken arm and multiple bruises.

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(TOI)