Delhi protest over 'sex attack' on seven-year-old girl

There have been violent protests in the Indian capital, Delhi, after reports that a seven-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at school.

Police used batons to break up angry crowds outside a hospital where the girl had been taken for treatment, BBC told.

Teachers and security guards at the government school are being questioned over the alleged assault, police said.

The gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in December sparked protests across India.

Hundreds of people gathered to protest outside the Sanjay Gandhi hospital in the Mangolpuri area of north-eastern Delhi as news of the alleged sex attack in a local school spread.

Protesters attacked buses and pelted police with stones.

The protests came as India's parliament held an angry debate over the rape and murder of three sisters in the state of Maharashtra.

The issue of sexual violence against women and girls has been under intense scrutiny in India following the rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus in December.