Bohol cops search for suspect in alleged rape of Russian tourist

A Russian woman was allegedly raped by a local while visiting a beach resort in Panglao town on Tuesday.

According to Police Staff Sergeant Vicky Villaber,  Women’s and Children’s Protection Desk (WCPD) of the Panglao Police Station,  Olya (not her real name), 22, sought police assistance after she reported the incident.

She was on the beach in Barangay Libaong when the incident took place at around noon time on Tuesday, January 21.

Olya told police a man who was selling jewelry on the beach approached and started a conversation with her.

She asked the man to accompany her to buy a towel since she was not familiar in the place. 

But the man brought her to a slightly lonely spot filled with trees and choked her until she fell unconscious.

When she regained consciousness, she had no underwear and shorts.

She asked helped from bystanders who called a tourist police who brought her to the Panglao Station to report the incident.

She was brought to Gov. Celestino Gallares Memorial Hospital for a medical check-up to determine if she was indeed raped.

Olya, who was to leave Bohol next week, was determined to file a case against the man. — BAP, GMA News