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June 11, 2019

India Sentences 3 Men Who Raped and Killed 8-Year-Old Muslim Girl to Life in Prison
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An Indian court has sentenced three men to life in prison for the rape
and murder of Asifa Bano, an 8-year-old Muslim girl, in 2018. The brutal
crime took place in the disputed northern state of Jammu and Kashmir,
inflaming interreligious tensions and setting off protests around the
country.


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