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Police say 3 suspects confess in rape, slaying of 2 teenage girls in northern India

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) women workers shout slogans during a protest against the gang rape of two teenage girls, in Allahabad, India, Saturday, May 31, 2014. Police arrested a third suspect and hunted for two others Saturday in the gang rape and slaying of two teenage cousins found hanging from a tree in Katra village, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, a case that has prompted national outrage. (AP Photo/ Rajesh Kumar Singh) LUCKNOW, India - Three men have confessed to the gang rape and slaying of two teenage girls who were found hanging from a tree in northern India, police said Sunday, in a case that has recast a light on rampant sexual violence in the country. Authorities continued to search for two additional suspects in last week's attack on the 14- and 15-year-old cousins in Uttar Pradesh state, police officer Atul Saxena said. The girls, from an impoverished family with no toilets in their home in the tiny village of Katra, about 300 kilometres (180 miles) from Lucknow, the state capital, disappeared Tuesday night after going into fields to relieve themselves. Police arrested two suspects on Wednesday and another on Saturday.




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