印度強姦案嫌疑人被起訴大綱

Police in India are set to formally charge six suspects in last month's gang rape of a 23-year-old woman who later died from her injuries.

The suspects are facing charges of kidnapping, rape and murder, and authorities say they will push for the death penalty if the men are convicted. One of the suspects has undergone testing to determine his age because juveniles in India cannot be charged with murder.

The government is expected to appoint attorneys to defend the men after bar association lawyers said they would not take part in the defense.

The unidentified woman died Saturday from severe internal injuries that her assailants caused with a metal rod during the attack on a bus December 16.印度警方對上月輪姦一名23歲女子的6名嫌疑人正式提出起訴。這名女子後來因傷勢過重而死亡。

這些嫌疑人被控綁架、強姦和謀殺等罪名，有關當局說，如果罪名成立，將要對這些嫌疑人判處死刑。由於在印度，不能以謀殺罪起訴未成年人，因此其中一名嫌疑人接受了檢查，以確定他的年齡。

預計，印度政府將爲這些嫌疑人指定辯護律師，此前印度律師協會表示不爲這些被告辯護。

上星期六，那名未透露姓名的女子死於嚴重內傷，攻擊她的襲擊者12月16號在一輛公交車裏用一根金屬棒毆打她。