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2 Men Arrested Over Gang Rape in Moscow

Lyubov Bushuyeva

A Moscow court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of two suspects in a brutal gang rape of a 21-year-old Russian woman that saw the victim jump out of a third-floor window to escape, a news report said.

The suspects, identified by the Interfax news agency as Belarussian nationals Dmitry Kosenkov and Maxim Pilipenko, face up to 30 years in prison on the charges.

Interfax cited an unidentified police source as saying the victim, Lyubov Bushuyeva, had been handcuffed and repeatedly raped after being invited to visit the suspects, whom she became acquainted with over the Internet.

"In order to get free, the girl jumped from the third floor. Kosenkov and Pilipenko tried to drag her back into the apartment, but passersby who saw the extraordinary scene called the police," the source was cited as saying.

LifeNews reported that the men were ordered under arrest until Dec. 25, and that the crime took place on Oct. 25 in southern Moscow.

According to that report, Bushuyeva broke both her legs by jumping out the window to escape.

Bushuyeva, who previously worked as a librarian, has appeared in adult films under the stage name Lola Taylor.

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