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UN chief mourns gang rape victim's death

Updated on: 31 December,2012 08:43 AM IST  | 
Agencies |

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expressed his "deep sorrow" at the death of the 23-yr-old at a Singapore hospital, 13 days after she was gang-raped by six men in a moving bus in Delhi.

UN chief mourns gang rape victim's death

UN Women, the main UN body dedicated to the protection of the rights of women and girls, mourned the death of the victim.


“The secretary-general expresses deep sorrow at the death of the 23-year-old Delhi student who was gang-raped by six men in a moving bus in New Delhi on December 16,” read a statement issued by Ban’s spokesperson.


The secretary-general “offers his sincerest condolences to her parents, family and friends, and utterly condemns this brutal crime”, it said.


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