• India: Police kill the four accused of rape and murder of a young woman

The 23-year-old Indian woman who was the victim of a rape, which a group of men set on fire on Thursday when she was going to testify in the state of Uttar Pradesh , died Friday night at a hospital in New Delhi, which has confirmed his death due to a cardiac arrest.

Sources from the public relations department of the Safdarjun hospital in the Indian capital confirmed that the woman died from a heart attack around midnight on Friday at the medical center, which was transferred by air after suffering the assault.

The source, who did not want to reveal his name, also did not provide more information on the status of the woman, "out of respect" to the same, although local media suggest that he suffered burns in 90% of his body .

The attack occurred in the early hours of Thursday when the victim was traveling from his village in the Unnao district to the city of Raebareli in the state of Uttar Pradesh (north) and was perpetrated by five men who managed to identify before being transferred to the state capital, Lucknow, to be served, according to the local police account.

The five alleged attackers were arrested, although the police did not specify whether the alleged rapist, on bail, was among them.

According to local media, the attack occurred when the victim was going to testify about his case, reported last March and happened a year ago .

After knowing the attack, the authorities pledged to apply exemplary punishment to those responsible , in a climate of protests against such crimes, initiated after another case of rape and murder of a young veterinarian on November 27.

The 26-year-old victim was raped by four men who subsequently suffocated her , and then burned her body with gasoline.

The alleged culprits, arrested shortly thereafter, were reportedly shot dead at the hands of the police on Friday when they were taken at dawn to the scene of the events in the city of Hyderabad (center) as part of the investigation process.

The police version says they were shot when they tried to escape .

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