A 23-year-old woman who alleged she was gang-raped has died from burn injuries sustained in an attack that took place while she was on her way to a court hearing.
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The woman was attacked by a group of men in the state of Uttar Pradesh, including two of the five men she had accused of gang-rape last year who were out of custody on bail.The 23-year-old woman suffered extensive injuries and was airlifted Thursday from Uttar Pradesh to Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi, where she died late Friday of cardiac arrest, according to Dr. Shalab Kumar, head of the hospital's burn unit.
The burn victim's death came on the same day police in the southern state of Telangana fatally shot four men being held on suspicion of raping and killing a 27-year-old veterinarian after investigators took them to the crime scene. Their deaths drew both praise and condemnation in a case that has sparked protests across the country.
Police took the four suspects , who had not been charged with any crime, to the scene to help them locate the victim's phone and other items, officials said. They said that the men grabbed police firearms and began shooting, and were killed when police returned fire.
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