A Tibetan of 14 years he set himself on fire on Thursday in northwest China, a few minutes after the announcement of the appointment of Xi Jinping as number one of the Chinese communist regime, announced the official China New Agency, citing local officials.
The young Karpongya transformed into a human torch at approximately 12:10 p.m. (04H10 GMT) and Gartse, in Tongren District of Qinghai Province, according to this agency.
This immolation is the third in the week since last Monday, in the same district, two other Tibetans had immolated themselves.
on Wednesday, Thousands of Tibetans gathered in Tongren to pray for the two men, reported the non-governmental organization International Campaign for Tibet.
The number of immolations of Tibetans has increased considerably in recent weeks, as the Chinese Communist Party Congress approaches, after which China has new leaders.
The new head of the Chinese state, Xi Jinping, gave his first speech broadcast on television on Thursday, a few minutes before the immolation of the young Karpongya.
Before these three suicides occurred in this region since the beginning of this week, 69 people immolated themselves by fire or tried to do so since the beginning of March 2011 in the Chinese Tibetan areas, according to the Tibetan government in exile in India.
China sostiene que "liberó pacíficamente" Tibet and that improved the situation of its population by financing the economic development of this poor and isolated region.
But many Tibetans can no longer tolerate what they see as growing Han domination., the overwhelming majority ethnic group in China, and the repression of their religion and their culture.
