BEIJING: A Tibetan villager has died after setting himself on fire, Chinese state media said on Saturday -- the latest death in a wave of protests against Beijing's rule.
China's official Xinhua news agency said that the herdsman set himself on fire late on Friday in the northwest province of Qinghai.
It quoted local authorities as saying that the 26-year-old, identified as Dazheng, set himself ablaze in the village of Dageri in Zekog County.
Xinhua earlier reported that another Tibetan died on Thursday, also in Qinghai. It identified the man as Libong Tsering, 19, who died in the Dowa township of Tongren county.
The Tibetan government-in-exile said earlier this month that 76 people had set themselves on fire since 2009, of whom 62 have died. The figures do not include the latest four fatalities reported by Chinese state media.
- AFP/xq
Tibetan self-immolates in northwest China
This article
Tibetan self-immolates in northwest China
can be opened in url
http://newsgilbert.blogspot.com/2012/11/tibetan-self-immolates-in-northwest.html
Tibetan self-immolates in northwest China
