Tibetan burns himself to death in China
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Tibetan exiles participate in a candlelit vigil in Dharmsala, India, Monday, Oct. 22, 2012. A Tibetan man Dhondup, who is believed to have died after self-immolating Monday at the remote Labrang Monastery in China's northwestern Gansu province. -- PHOTO: AP
BEIJING (AFP) - A Tibetan man has died after setting himself on fire at a Buddhist monastery in northwest China, the second self-immolation in the region in the last three days, rights groups said.
Mr Dhondup, a Tibetan man in his 50s, set fire to himself at the Labrang monastery in western China's Gansu province, the London-based Free Tibet group said. Pictures posted by the group online appeared to show a body ablaze.
The man, who was married with an adopted son, died after the incident, US-based rights group the International Campaign for Tibet said, citing eyewitnesses.
"People confirmed that Dundrup is dead after the self-immolation," the group quoted Tibetan sources as saying.
