Gang-raped Indian woman 'numb' after attackers released

By Agence France-Presse

Aug 18, 2022 6:55 pm

AHMEDABAD, India: A Muslim woman who was gang-raped as 14 other people were murdered during one of post-independence India's worst religious riots has said she is 'numb' after her attackers were released early from prison.

In a case that drew global outrage, Bilkis Bano and two of her children were the only survivors among a group of 17 Muslims attacked by a Hindu mob in the western state of Gujarat in 2002.

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