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Delhi protest over 'sex attack' on seven-year-old girl | |
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There have been violent protests in the Indian capital, Delhi, after reports that a seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at school. | |
Police used batons to break up angry crowds outside a hospital where the girl had been taken for treatment. | |
Teachers and security guards at the government school are being questioned over the alleged assault, police said. | |
The gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in December sparked protests across India. | The gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in December sparked protests across India. |
Hundreds of people gathered to protest outside the Sanjay Gandhi hospital in the Mangolpuri area of northeast Delhi as news of the alleged sex attack in a local school spread. | |
Protesters attacked buses and pelted police with stones. | |
The protests came as India's parliament held an angry debate over the rape and murder of three sisters in the state of Maharashtra. | |
The issue of sexual violence against women and girls has been under intense scrutiny in India following the rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in December. |