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Asha Devi, center, mother of the victim of the fatal 2012 gang rape on a moving bus, displays a victory sign with her lawyer after the rapists of her daughter were hanged in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 20, 2020. Four men were sentenced to capital punishment for the 2012 gang-rape of a 23-year-old physiotherapy student on a moving bus in New Delhi have been executed. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

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India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape
March 19, 2020 9:27 p.m.

India hangs 4 men convicted for fatal New Delhi gang rape

NEW DELHI (AP) — Four men sentenced to death for the gruesome gang rape and murder of a woman on a New Delhi bus in 2012 were hanged Friday, concluding a case that exposed the scope of sexual violence in India and prompted horrified Indians to demand swift justice.