Suspects in rape, murder slain in India
INDIAN police on Friday shot dead four detained gang-rape and murder suspects as they were reenacting their alleged crime, prompting outrage but also wild celebrations.
The men, who had been in custody for a week, were shot early Friday morning
as they tried to escape during the re-enactment in the southern city of Hyderabad, police said.
“They were killed in crossfire. They tried to snatch weapons from the guards but were shot dead,” deputy police commissioner Prakash Reddy told AFP.
The four were accused of raping, murdering and burning the body of the woman, a 27-year-old veterinary doctor, who had parked her scooter on a busy highway in November.
The men deflated her scooter tyre and lured her to a truck yard with the promise of fixing the machine, according to police.
They allegedly then raped and murdered the woman before setting the body on fire under an isolated bridge.