Empty original: A young Tibetan dies and another is very serious after being burned in a bonze style
New Delhi, 14 ago (EFE).- A Tibetan monk has died and another young man is seriously injured after burning himself in the Chinese district of Ngaba in protest against China's occupation of Tibet., A source from the Tibetan exile in India informed Efe today.
The deceased is a monk of 20 years of the Kirti Tibetan monastery called Lungtok and the wounded, identified as Tashi, He is a secular friend of the first, spokesperson Tsering Tsomo told Efe, of the Tibetan Center for Human Rights and Democracy (TCHRD).
"Sabemos que Lungtok ha muerto, but his body has not been delivered to his family, mientras que Tashi está en un hospital en estado muy grave", stated the Tibetan spokesperson.
The immolations occurred yesterday at 18.50 local time (10.50 GMT) in the vicinity of Kirti Monastery in the city of Ngaba, in Sichuan Province, after the two began shouting slogans down the city's main street.
According to sources cited by the Tibetan exile, las fuerzas policiales chinas empujaron a Tashi e intentaron apagar el fuego "mientras le golpeaban", and then Lungtok was taken to a hospital.
Shortly after, un grupo de tibetanos iniciaron una nueva protesta en una avenida conocida como la "Calle de los Mártires" and the Police used steel bars and spiked sticks to disperse them, according to those sources.
"Muchas personas resultaron heridas por las palizas y un número indeterminado de tibetanos han sido detenidos tras la represión violenta de la protesta", TCHRD stated in a statement.
Previously, Radio Free Asia (RFA) reported in Beijing that one person died after being beaten by police during clashes between the population and security forces in Ngaba, after two Tibetans burned themselves to death.
The immolation of the two Tibetans caused a strong stir among the population, who confronted the Chinese police, which caused the death of the Tibetan citizen, whose identity is unknown, according to RFA.
More than forty Tibetans, mostly Buddhist monks, They have immolated themselves since last year in protest of the Chinese occupation and in favor of the return of the Dalai Lama to Tibet.
The Tibetan exile denies that it instigated the wave of immolations, against the accusation in that regard by the Chinese authorities.
The Tibetan Government in exile, based in Dharamsala, in northern India, afirma que las inmolaciones no están coordinadas y responden a "actos individuales" que reflejan "la desesperación" What causes the occupation of Tibet by the Beijing regime.
