- Title: INDIA-AUSTRIAN COUPLE Austrian travellers' camper van attacked in Assam
- Date: 22nd October 2015
- Summary: JORHAT, ASSAM, INDIA (OCTOBER 21, 2015) (ANI - NO ACCESS BBC) AUSTRIAN COUPLE'S VEHICLE SMASHED WINDSCREEN OF VEHICLE AUSTRIAN TOURIST, VENA PRANCHITA, STANDING NEXT TO VAN AUSTRIAN TOURIST, SUZIE PRANCHITA, STANDING NUMBER PLATE OF TOURIST'S VEHICLE (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRIAN TOURIST, VENA PRANCHITA, SAYING: "They wanted to see inside the vehicle, and I let one of them in to see the vehicle. They did not want money and then one of them throw two big stones to our front window and then they are running away and we are leaving the place." VENA PRANCHITA AND SUZIE PRANCHITA SITTING SUZIE PRANCHITA SITTING SUZIE PRANCHITA HOLDING A CAMERA (SOUNDBITE) (Assamese) RESIDENT OF JORHAT, TOSIMAN HAUGE NEOG, SAYING: "Last night at around 9:30 they parked their vehicle on the road and came to my veranda shouting. 'Help, help,' they were crying. After knowing that their vehicle was damaged by some thugs, I brought them to my house and immediately called one of my uncles and my uncle informed the police." VENA PRANCHITA STANDING NEXT TO VEHICLE SMASHED WINDSCREEN OF VEHICLE (SOUNDBITE) (English) AUSTRIAN TOURIST, VENA PRANCHITA, SAYING: "Something like that can happen at any place in the world, of course, and we have been now some weeks in India and we know that the Indian people and especially here, the people in Assam, are very friendly and helpful and kind. Of course, we would come again if we have one day the possibility, we'd come again, of course." VARIOUS OF VENA AND SUZIE PRANCHITA STANDING IN FRONT OF VEHICLE
- Embargoed: 7th November 2015 08:28
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- Location: India
- Country: India
- Topics: General
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