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India gang-rape trial begins as father urges hangings

Five men went on trial Monday over the brutal gang-rape and murder of a student as the victim's father urged the fast-track court to deliver swift justice and sentence her attackers to hang.

Indian activists hold placards during a protest outside the Saket courthouse in New Delhi on January 21, 2013. Five men have gone on trial over the fatal gang-rape of student on a bus in Delhi as the victim's father urged the special fast-track court to deliver swift justice and sentence her attackers to hang.

With the trial being heard behind closed doors, one of the prosecutors announced the case's start to reporters crowded outside the court.

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