India police use water cannon, tear gas as gang-rape protests intensify
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Indian students shout slogans during a protest rally in Hyderabad, India on Saturday, Dec 22, 2012. The protest was against the recent gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AP
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Demonstrators gather during a protest calling for better safety for women following the rape of a student last week, in front of the Government Secretariat and Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AFP
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A policeman wields his baton against a demonstrator near the presidential palace during a protest rally in New Delhi Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Demonstrators react as police fire tear gas during a protest calling for better safety for women following the rape of a student last week, in front of the Government Secretariat and Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Demonstrators are hit by a police water cannon near the presidential palace during a protest rally in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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Indian police are seen through the broken winshield of a police vehicle, inflicted by rock-throwing demonstrators, during a protest calling for better safety for women following the rape of a student last week, in front of the Government Secretariat and Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AFP
Indian students shout slogans during a protest rally in Hyderabad, India on Saturday, Dec 22, 2012. The protest was against the recent gang rape and brutal beating of a 23-year-old student on a moving bus in New Delhi. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AP
Demonstrators gather during a protest calling for better safety for women following the rape of a student last week, in front of the Government Secretariat and Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AFP
A policeman wields his baton against a demonstrator near the presidential palace during a protest rally in New Delhi Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Demonstrators react as police fire tear gas during a protest calling for better safety for women following the rape of a student last week, in front of the Government Secretariat and Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AFP
Demonstrators are hit by a police water cannon near the presidential palace during a protest rally in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
Indian police are seen through the broken winshield of a police vehicle, inflicted by rock-throwing demonstrators, during a protest calling for better safety for women following the rape of a student last week, in front of the Government Secretariat and Presidential Palace in New Delhi on Dec 22, 2012. Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media. -- PHOTO: AFP
NEW DELHI (REUTERS) - Indian police used batons, tear gas and water cannon to turn back thousands of people marching on the presidential palace on Saturday in intensifying protests against the gang-rape of a woman on the streets and on social media.
The 23-year-old victim is battling for her life in hospital after she was beaten, raped for almost an hour and thrown out of a moving bus on a busy New Delhi street last Sunday. Five people have been arrested.
The protesters, largely college students, are demanding the death penalty for the accused and safety assurances for women.
New Delhi, home to about 16 million people, has the highest number of sex crimes among India's major cities. Police figures show a rape is reported on average every 18 hours and some other form of sexual attack every 14 hours.
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