the brutal stabbing murder of a 16-year-old girl, in the middle of the street, faced with the inaction of dozens of people, outraged the authorities of the capital on Monday, who see this as a sign of general tolerance towards violence against women.

The attack took place in the north of New Delhi and was captured by security cameras in the area, which show how the 20-year-old attacker deals several stab wounds the teenager in an alley while several people stop to contemplate the crime.

During more than a minute of video, only one passerby, among dozens of passing men and women, briefly attempted to stop the attack, unsuccessfully. Most of the passers-by, however, continued on their way barely looking at the attack for a few moments. Even when the attacker moved a few meters away from the victim, the people passing by tried to help the young woman, who received several kicks again before the attacker finally moved away from her.

the brutality of crimeadded to the inaction of the neighbors, caused big commotion in indiaaccentuating the situation of insecurity experienced by women in many areas of the capital.

“The entire incident was caught on security cameras. The footage shows the girl crying. calling for help, but no one stops to help her (…) We need to do more to protect women and girls, the President of the Women’s Commission of the capital, Swati Maliwal, told the Indian news agency ANI.

The murderer arrested

Police arrested the assailant in the state of uttar pradesha resident of the Indian capital, who had recently had a fight with the victim, New Delhi Police Commissioner Dependra Pathak told ANI.

Despite the fact that New Delhi has registered an improvement in security in recent years, especially in the neighborhoods located in the south, it is still the Indian city more insecure for womenaccording to data from India’s National Crime Recording Bureau (NCRB).

In 2021, the latest data available, New Delhi recorded 13,982 crimes against womena figure that doubled the 5,543 of Bombay, the second metropolis on the list.

This figure rose to 428,278 crimes throughout the countrywhich meant a 15.3% increase compared to the previous year, with violence by the husband or a relative being the most common aggression, representing 31.8% of the cases.