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    A 9-Year-Old's Mysterious Death Has Prompted Outrage Over Rape In India

    Was it a brutal gang rape and murder? Or a terrible accident with a bungled response? Police are searching for clues — as protests erupt in India's capital.
    by Lauren Frayer Aug 04, 2021 2 minutes
    Activists of Student Federation of India and All India Democratic Women's Association hold placards during a protest against the alleged rape and murder of a nine-year-old girl, in New Delhi on August 4, 2021.

    MUMBAI, India — The mysterious death of a 9-year-old girl from India's most oppressed caste has horrified her country.

    The child went to fetch water Sunday evening from a cooler at a crematorium near her family's New Delhi slum — and never came home. What happened next appears to be either a tragic accident with a.

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