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| Indian gang-rape victim's family calls for attackers to be hanged | Indian gang-rape victim's family calls for attackers to be hanged |
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| The family of the Indian gang-rape victim has spoken for the first time, calling for the men accused of the attack to be executed. | The family of the Indian gang-rape victim has spoken for the first time, calling for the men accused of the attack to be executed. |
| "The fight has just begun. We want all the accused hanged and we will fight for that, till the end," the brother of the 23-year-old medical student, who has not yet been named, told the Indian Express newspaper. | "The fight has just begun. We want all the accused hanged and we will fight for that, till the end," the brother of the 23-year-old medical student, who has not yet been named, told the Indian Express newspaper. |
| Hundreds of well-wishers, politicians and neighbours have crowded the family's modest home in south-west Delhi since the cremation of the victim's remains on Sunday morning. | Hundreds of well-wishers, politicians and neighbours have crowded the family's modest home in south-west Delhi since the cremation of the victim's remains on Sunday morning. |
| The girl's mother was admitted to hospital after she collapsed following the funeral, local media reported. | The girl's mother was admitted to hospital after she collapsed following the funeral, local media reported. |
| "We are all in shock. Nobody can accept this news. My wife took it the hardest. It is too painful. I have not gone inside her room," her father said. | "We are all in shock. Nobody can accept this news. My wife took it the hardest. It is too painful. I have not gone inside her room," her father said. |
| "She was born in this house. Her books, clothes they are all here. It is hard to believe I will never hear her voice again, she will never read books to me in English again." | "She was born in this house. Her books, clothes they are all here. It is hard to believe I will never hear her voice again, she will never read books to me in English again." |
| The family has been held up as an example for the effort they made to fund the education of their daughter in a country where the schooling of male children is prioritised. | The family has been held up as an example for the effort they made to fund the education of their daughter in a country where the schooling of male children is prioritised. |
| "While other kids cry before going to school, she would cry if we stopped her," the father , reported to be in his 50s, told the local DNA newspaper. "She was always keen on a career in medicine. She was most happy when she got a chance to heal somebody's wounds." | "While other kids cry before going to school, she would cry if we stopped her," the father , reported to be in his 50s, told the local DNA newspaper. "She was always keen on a career in medicine. She was most happy when she got a chance to heal somebody's wounds." |
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