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| Backpacker ‘screaming for help’ after escaping alleged attacker in South Australia | Backpacker ‘screaming for help’ after escaping alleged attacker in South Australia |
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| Two backpackers suffered serious injuries in South Australia when they were allegedly attacked and raped by a man, with one of them managing to escape to get help from nearby fishermen. | Two backpackers suffered serious injuries in South Australia when they were allegedly attacked and raped by a man, with one of them managing to escape to get help from nearby fishermen. |
| A 59-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences including unlawful sexual intercourse and attempted murder. | A 59-year-old man has been charged with a string of offences including unlawful sexual intercourse and attempted murder. |
| The attack on the two female foreign backpackers in their 20s allegedly occurred at a campsite at Salt Creek in Coorong national park, about 150km south-east of Adelaide, on Tuesday. | The attack on the two female foreign backpackers in their 20s allegedly occurred at a campsite at Salt Creek in Coorong national park, about 150km south-east of Adelaide, on Tuesday. |
| Fishermen helped rescue the two women when one of them managed to escape and ran screaming through the bush. | Fishermen helped rescue the two women when one of them managed to escape and ran screaming through the bush. |
| The women met the man on Tuesday and set up camp with plans to spend the night at the beach, but then found themselves in a “dire” situation. | The women met the man on Tuesday and set up camp with plans to spend the night at the beach, but then found themselves in a “dire” situation. |
| “One of the victims was able to run away and came across some people who were fishing in the area and they were able to comfort and secure her and make phone calls to police,” Supt James Blandford told reporters. | “One of the victims was able to run away and came across some people who were fishing in the area and they were able to comfort and secure her and make phone calls to police,” Supt James Blandford told reporters. |
| One of those men was fisherman Abdul-Karim Mohammed, who said the scene was confronting with the woman screaming, crying and yelling. | One of those men was fisherman Abdul-Karim Mohammed, who said the scene was confronting with the woman screaming, crying and yelling. |
| “First of all she just started waving,” he told Seven News. | |
| “She looked at us. She didn’t know what was going on. She ran straight to the car yelling. She opened the back door, jumped straight in and like ‘Get me out of here, get me out of here. He’s going to kill us all.’ | |
| “First of all she had no clothes on so we just straight away gave her our jacket. | |
| “She had some scratches and that on the legs. Look liked she’d been pulled around, dragged around and that.” | |
| One of the victims has since been released from hospital. The other remains in a stable condition. | One of the victims has since been released from hospital. The other remains in a stable condition. |
| Coorong district council mayor Neville Jaensch described the attack as a reminder that people need to be wary of “stranger danger”. | |
| “We regard the Coorong as a very safe area ... and it is a tragedy. The heroes of this are the young men and the other members of the community,” he told ABC radio on Thursday. | |
| Appearing in the Adelaide magistrates court via video link on Wednesday, the accused made no comment and did not apply for bail. | Appearing in the Adelaide magistrates court via video link on Wednesday, the accused made no comment and did not apply for bail. |
| The court suppressed the man’s name and police have not revealed the women’s nationalities to protect their identities. | The court suppressed the man’s name and police have not revealed the women’s nationalities to protect their identities. |