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

[Dan Lusthaus]

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