India: Police shoot dead 4 suspects in rape and murder case
07 December 2019 |
6:58 am
Police in the southern city of Hyderabad shot the four men accused of raping and killing a vet in the southern city of Hyderabad. The suspects had tried to snatch the officers' weapons during a reenactment of the crime.
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