Police act after 'debt collectors beat up family and sexually assault mother'

Police are now hunting the intruders who broke into a house in Iskitim, near Novosibirsk allegedly enforcing a loan taken out by a woman last year. Natalia Gorbunova could not afford to exorbitant interest rates which turned a debt of $72 into an expected repayment of $3,480.

A spokesman for the General Prosecutor's Office said the men 'beat up' the husband Alexey and 17 year old son of the owner of the flat, after that they committed sexual assault.' 

The intruders will face charges of robbery, armed assault and attempted rape, say sources.