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India Sentences 3 Men Who Raped and Killed 8-Year-Old Muslim Girl to Life in Prison

HeadlineJun 11, 2019

An Indian court has sentenced three men to life in prison for the rape and murder of Asifa Bano, an 8-year-old Muslim girl, in 2018. The brutal crime took place in the disputed northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, inflaming interreligious tensions and setting off protests around the country.

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