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| Delhi protest over 'sex attack' on seven-year-old girl | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 north-eastern Delhi as news of the alleged sex attack in a local school spread. | |
| Protesters attacked buses and pelted police with stones. | Protesters attacked buses and pelted police with stones. |
| Dr Sanjay Kumar, one of those who helped treat the girl, said her injuries were consistent with rape, reports the AP news agency. | |
| Policeman suspended | |
| The protests came as India's parliament held an angry debate over the rape and murder of three sisters, aged six to 11, in the state of Maharashtra last month. | |
| No-one has been arrested and opposition MPs criticised the slow pace of the investigation. | |
| Home Minister Sushil Kumar Shinde said one policeman had been suspended for not acting quickly enough after they had been reported missing. | |
| Their bodies were found in a well two days after disappeared from their school. | |
| The issue of sexual violence against women and girls has been under intense scrutiny in India after the rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in December led to widespread protests. | |
| Six people deny charges over the case which shocked the nation - five in a specially convened fast-track court. | |
| They face the death penalty, while a juvenile charged this week could be sentenced to three years in a reform facility. |