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Attackers in India rape case charged with murder
Activists chant slogans during a protest in Patna, India, on Saturday. Protesters took to the streets on Saturday to express anger at the death in Singapore of the medical student who was gang raped in New Delhi. Photo: Xinhua
Indian police charged six men with murder on Saturday, hours after a woman who was gang-raped and beaten on a bus in New Delhi nearly two weeks ago died in a Singapore hospital.
New Delhi police spokesman Rajan Bhagat said the six face the death penalty if convicted, in a case that has triggered protests across India for greater protection for women from sexual violence, and raised questions about lax attitudes by police toward sexual crimes.