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In India, the victim of gunfire alive by a group of men Thursday, December 5, died Friday night in a hospital in the capital. For several weeks, a series of rapes provoked outrage across the country.
With our correspondent in New Delhi , Carole Dieterich
His heart will not have lasted the shock. The rape victim , who was burned alive on the way to court by a group of men Thursday in Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, finally succumbed to her injuries Friday night. Burned to 95%, the 23-year-old woman was transported Thursday to a hospital in New Delhi, where she died of cardiac arrest.
In the face of this terrible news, many are short of words, like Schweta, a student in her twenties, who came to participate in a performance against violence against women in New Delhi.
" When I heard this news, it was the first news I heard this morning, I felt paralyzed ... helplessness .. There are no words to describe this feeling. What is happening around the world, across the country ? Do not we have the power to limit all this violence ? "
Public opinion revolted
Among her assailants, the young woman had managed to recognize the two men she accused of raping her in December 2018. One of them had just been released on bail. " Why was the victim not placed under police protection ? "Wonders today a public opinion repelled by violence against women .
Part of the population seems even thirsty for revenge. On Friday, in another case, many Indians applauded the death of four rape suspects shot dead by the police.