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Chinese police 'fired on Tibetans marking Dalai Lama birthday'
Source: BBC
Chinese police opened fire on a group of Tibetans who had gathered to mark the Dalai Lama's birthday, leaving several people injured, a rights group and news reports say.
The incident happened in Daofu in Sichuan province on 6 July.
Monks and other Tibetans had gathered at a sacred mountain to mark the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader's birthday with offerings and incense.
Police shot into the crowd and used tear gas, the reports said.
Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-23236996
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