Tibetan nun dies after self-immolation in China
- Published: 13/02/2012 at 12:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
An 18-year-old nun set herself on fire in China's restive southwest and later died, rights groups said Sunday, the latest in a spate of such incidents among ethnic Tibetans protesting Beijing's rule.
An undated photo released by FreeTibet on February 12 apparently of Tenzin Choedron, a member of a Buddhist nunnery in China's Sichuan province, which borders Tibet. The 18-year-old nun set herself on fire and later died, rights groups said, the latest in a spate of such incidents among ethnic Tibetans protesting Beijing's rule.
The woman -- a member of a Buddhist nunnery in Aba prefecture in China's Sichuan province, which borders Tibet -- set herself alight on Saturday evening, Free Tibet and the International Campaign for Tibet said.
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