Thursday, June 21, 2012

One young Tibetan dead and another in critical condition after pair set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule

A double self-immolation protest in China has left one Tibetan man dead and another seriously injured. Former monk Tenzin Khedup, 24, and Ngawang Norphel, 22, held out Tibetan flags and shouted pro-independence songs as the flames engulfed them on the street in Dzatoe township in the Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai province. Passersby watched in horror as Khedup burned to death in front of them, while Norphel was taken to hospital with serious burns, Radio Free Asia reported.


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2162506/One-young-Tibetan-dead-critical-condition-setting-protest-Chinese-rule.html

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