The girl from 17 años se inmoló mientras recitaba lemas como "larga vida al Dalai Lama" o "Que el pueblo tibetano prevalezca"
Beijing. (EFE).- A Tibetan teenager from 17 years old blew himself up last night in the Chinese province of Qinghai, in the west of the country, which raises 23 the number of deaths in this type of protests in five weeks, The Tibetan agency Phayul reported today.
According to Phayul, Bhenchen Kyi, of 17 years, se prendió fuego en la región de Tongren de esa provincia mientras recitaba lemas de "larga vida al Dalai Lama" y "Que el pueblo tibetano prevalezca durante decenas de miles de años" around the 20.00 local hours (12.00 GMT).
The teenager died from her injuries at the scene and local Tibetan residents took her body away..
According to the agency, Bhenchen Kyi had already announced his intentions to some of his classmates, and had assured that the fire would be set in a nomadic area and not in the city center, so that the Chinese authorities would not take his body.
Since the year 2009 have already occurred 95 of these episodes, that have thrown at least 80 deaths.
These types of protests have multiplied in the last five weeks, since the 18th Congress of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing, which elevated Xi Jinping as the new leader.
Since then 33 Tibetans have set themselves on fire to demand the independence of Tibet, of whom have died at least 23.
Monk Kunchok Pelgye was burned alive this weekend, of 24 years, in Kirti Monastery, in the Aba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Proviction of Sichuan), in central China, and Perma Dorjee, of 23 years, at Shitsang Garser Monastery, In Gansu province (norte).
Chinese authorities reported on Sunday the arrest of two Tibetans in Sichuan province for inciting eight others to set themselves on fire..
Those arrested are Lorang Konchok, A monk of 40 years in the monastery of Kirti and his nephew, Dreaming of Tsering.
According to the official version, Lorang Konchok sent information about the immolation incidents to an independence organization linked to the Dalai Lama, The Tibetan spiritual leader.
The arrest announcement is the first since Chinese state media announced a change in rules last Wednesday., whereby anyone suspected of inciting or helping someone set themselves on fire in protest will be charged with murder.
The escalation of these protests for the liberation of Tibet, against communist oppression and in favor of the return of the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, has caused the international community to ask Beijing to listen to the demands.
Free Tibet and other organizations in exile demand that Beijing address the demands of Tibetans to stop the wave of immolations, while the communist regime accuses the Dalai Lama of encouraging these protests for political purposes.
China considers Tibet part of the country for centuries, by dynastic and conquest unions in the imperial era, si bien para los tibetanos en el exilio el "Techo del Mundo" It was virtually independent until it was occupied by the communist army in the early 50 of the last century.
