Fernanda and her partner were attacked in Dumka, where they had camped in the middle of their trip. Fernanda said that she thought they were killing her and gave heartbreaking details of that moment.
The Spanish couple attacked in India received a check worth one million rupees (about $12,000) as compensation after the rape. So far, eight have been arrested for the brutal attack. Fernanda and Vicente assured that "they were not a gang of criminals", and described them as "simple people who have no culture"