Tibetan monks self-immolate in anti-China protest

Published February 26, 2013 12:13pm ET



BEIJING (AP) — Two Tibetan monks in their early 20s set themselves on fire in protest against Chinese rule near dozens of pilgrims who had gathered for prayers to mark the end of the Tibetan New Year festival, a Tibet rights group said. Both died. A third monk was taken to a hospital after setting himself alight in a separate incident, another group reported. His condition and whereabouts weren’t immediately known.

The self-immolations bring the total reported since 2009 to 107.

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