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Bangladesh: Fierce protests as eight-year-old rape victim dies

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An eight-year-old child who was raped in Bangladesh has died of her injuries on Thursday .

The girl was raped while visiting her elder sister's house in Magura some time between the night of 5 March and the following morning.

Angry mob descended on the house where the incident is alleged to have taken place, setting it on fire.

The rape of minors is punishable by death in Bangladesh , as per a law passed in 2020 .

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