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15-year-old schoolgirl dies after being set ablaze

15-year-old Indian schoolgirl dies of burns after attack. Men riding on a motor bike doused petrol on her and set her on fire. [Courtesy]

An Indian schoolgirl has died in hospital of severe burns after two men set fire to her on a busy street, authorities said on Friday, in the latest of a series of attacks on women in the tourist city of Agra.

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