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4 Men Hanged for 2012 Brutal Gang Rape in Indian Capital

Anjana Pasricha

   NEW DELHI - More than seven years after the brutal gang rape and murder
   of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student in New Delhi sparked outrage
   across the world, four men convicted of the crime were hanged at dawn
   Friday in a high-security city prison.

   Called the "most brutal, barbaric and diabolical" crime by the Supreme
   Court, the 2012 gang rape shook India's conscience and turned the
   spotlight on sexual violence against women in India.

   Jyoti Singh was raped and tortured with a metal rod by five men and a
   juvenile on a bus she had boarded with a male friend after watching a
   film one night. They left her bleeding on the side of the road, and she
   died two weeks later of the injuries she suffered.

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