Tibetan monk said to set himself on fire in China

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Source: Associated Press

BEIJING – A Tibetan monk in western China set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, then was beaten and kicked by police, prompting hundreds of monks and others to rally, an exiled Tibetan monk said.

The 21-year-old monk, Phuntsog, who like many Tibetans goes by only one name, set himself on fire on Wednesday afternoon on a main street near the Kirti monastery in Aba town, in Sichuan province, said Kusho Tsering, a monk now living in Dharmsala, India.

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Within 15 minutes of the monk's self-immolation, police and plainclothes security officers turned up and extinguished the fire, but also beat and kicked the monk, Tsering said.

Angered by the beating, monks and Tibetan residents carried the monk back to the monastery, then marched along the main street before police intervened, said Tsering, who added he received the information from two eyewitnesses and two residents.

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[WheelWalker]

1. and Buddha wept.

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2. Remember the epic photo of the monk burning from the Viet Nam era?

It moved the world. Ah, to have those days back. These days somebody lights themselves on fire and its like "What? Another one? Kick him in the ass." These are truly unprecedented times.

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3. Free Tibet

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4. Paging General Zhu De

who after the suffering during the Long March tossed the Little Red Book right at Mao Tse Tung's feet and said we do not need another Bible.

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5. Police learned nothing from the aftermath of the self-immolation in Tunisia?

One street fruit seller stirred revolts from Yemen to Wisconsin.