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NEW DELHI | Sat Dec 29, 2012 6:08am EST

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Six suspects held in connection with the rape of a women in India have been charged with murder after she died on Saturday of injuries sustained in the attack, police said.

"They have been charged (with murder)," said Rajan Bhagat, a spokesman for New Delhi police.

The woman, who was gang-raped on a New Delhi bus on December 16, died in hospital in Singapore. The attack has sparked protests and a national debate about violence against women. All six suspects in the rape have been arrested and are in custody.

(Reporting by Devidutta Tripathy; Editing by Robert Birsel)
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JamVee wrote:
I don’t believe India allows a death sentence, but, if judged guilty, that is what all six of these SUB-HUMAN’S deserve!

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