Tibetans Burn Yourself in New Delhi, India
by The man, who according to his colleagues in exile aged 27, was named Jamphel Yeshi, engulfed in flames Monday while he ran across the street and shouting.
Tibetan exiles tried to extinguish the fire in the body Jamphel Yeshi, who burned himself as anti-Chinese protests a few days before President Hu Jintao’s visit to India (26/3). (Fhoto: voanews)
The man, who according to his colleagues in exile aged 27, was named Jamphel Yeshi, engulfed in flames Monday while he ran across the street and shouting.
A VOA reporter says police tried to close it with a blanket in an attempt to extinguish the fire.
Protesters were taken to hospital with burns on 98 percent of his body.
President Hu will arrive in India this week for a summit of the BRICs countries comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa.
This incident is the second self- immolation incident by a Tibetan exile in New Delhi in recent months.
Human rights organizations said 29 Tibetans Tibet have burned themselves in areas under Chinese rule.
Chinese call themselves terrorists burner carefully coordinated by the separatists are trained.
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