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Delhi bus gang-rape: court sets execution date for convicted men
Rape and murder of woman in 2012 shocked India and brought protesters out on to the streets
A death warrant has been issued for the four men convicted of the 2012 gang-rape and murder of a young woman on a bus in Delhi, which galvanised protests across India and brought global attention to the country’s sexual violence epidemic.
A court in the Indian capital scheduled the hangings for 22 January, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.