Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case

Indian police fatally shoot 4 suspects in gang-rape case
December 6, 2019, 10:36 am

An Indian police official says four men accused of raping and killing a woman in India's southern city of Hyderabad have been fatally shot by police. (File photo Reuters)

Four men suspected of raping and killing a woman in India’s southern city of Hyderabad were fatally shot by police Friday, a police official said.

The men were killed around 3:30 a.m., according to Priya, a police sub-inspector in Hyderabad who goes by one name.

Another police official said the suspects tried to grab an officer’s firearm and escape during a visit to the crime scene. That officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The suspects were taken to reconstruct the crime scene, the rape as well as the spot where she was burned about half a kilometer away, according to Shreedharan, an official in the police commissioner’s office. He also uses one name.

The burned body of a 27-year-old woman was found last week by a passer-by in an underpass in Hyderabad after she went missing the previous night.

The high-profile case has sparked protests across India.

source: The Associated Press

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