Indian court hands death penalty to 3 for tourist rape, murder near Unesco heritage site

An Indian court has issued death sentences against three men convicted of raping an Israeli tourist and another woman, and killing a man near a Unesco World Heritage site. The men had attacked a group of five people, which included the Israeli and another tourist, an American man, as they were stargazing in a village in south India last year, according to media reports at the time. They were in the area of Hampi, which is popular with visitors, known for rocky hillocks and sprawling temple...

By Agence France-Presse