set upon

beheadedとは...むごたらしいの一言です。それを受けたいるのが、set upon（on）というPVです。単なるattackではなく、「むごたらしい攻撃を与える」、「暴力的に攻撃する」など、通常以上の暴力的行為に用いられます。（EnDough）

Man beheaded on Indian train
WORLD AUG. 28, 2012 - 02:17PM JST ( 0 )

NEW DELHI —
Indian police were searching Tuesday for a gang of knife-wielding youths who beheaded a man on a train in eastern India in front of horrified passengers. Khokon Ghosh, a 37-year-old sweet seller, was set upon on Monday afternoon near Bazarshau station, about 190 kilometers north of the city of Kolkata in West Bengal.

“The assailants escaped after the driver stopped the train midway hearing passengers scream,” district police superintendent Humayun Kabir told AFP. “Preliminary investigation has revealed that Ghosh was murdered over some local issues in his village,” he said.

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