UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern over the brutal rape and murder of two teenaged girls in India and demanded action against sexual violence.

Ban said, in just the last two weeks, there has been despicable attacks against women and girls around the world – from Nigeria to Pakistan and from California to India.

He said, he is especially appalled by the brutal rape and gruesome murder of two teenaged women in India who had ventured out because they did not have access to a toilet.

Decrying the recent attacks against women and girls around the world, Ban stressed that the nations must respond on all fronts and achieve full equality for all women.

Two teen-aged girls were were gang-raped and killed with their assailants hanging their bodies from a mango tree in their village in Budaun district of Uttar Pradesh.