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Tibetan monk sets himself on fire in China

Published: Tuesday, Feb 14, 2012, 15:18 IST
Place: Beijing | Agency: IANS

A Tibetan monk set himself on fire Monday in southwest China's Sichuan province, authorities said on Tuesday.

Losang Gyatso, 18, from the Kirti monastery in the Aba Tibetan-Qiang autonomous prefecture, set himself ablaze at Qiatang west street in the county, reported Xinhua.

The report did not say what prompted the monk to commit self-immolation.

A 19-year-old Tibetan nun died following self-immolation in the same prefecture on Saturday evening. Tenzin Choedron belonged to Siwa nunnery.

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