[Buddha-l] China shoots self-immolating Tibetan monk

Dan Lusthaus vasubandhu at earthlink.net
Fri Feb 27 22:08:34 MST 2009


Monk Sets Himself on Fire in Tibet
Chinese Police Shoot at Burning Man as Tensions Rise in Region

By Maureen Fan
Washington Post Foreign Service
Saturday, February 28, 2009; Page A09

BEIJING, Feb. 27 -- A young Tibetan monk was shot by Chinese police after he
set himself on fire Friday, the third day of the Tibetan New Year, at a
market in Sichuan province's Aba prefecture, Tibetan activist groups said,
citing eyewitnesses.

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Dan



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