Tibetan sets himself on fire at Chinese embassy in Delhi

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Source: Reuters

Tibetan sets himself on fire at Chinese embassy in Delhi
ReutersBy Parivartan Sharma | Reuters – 11 hours ago



Police try to douse flames on a Tibetan demonstrator after he tried to self immolate himself during a protest in front of the Chinese embassy in New Delhi November 4, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan Sharma

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A Tibetan activist suffered burns to his legs when he set himself on fire outside the Chinese embassy in India, following a wave of deadly self-immolations by ethnic Tibetans in China protesting repression.

Police overpowered 25-year-old Sherab TseDor and extinguished flames that engulfed his legs, a Reuters witness said.

"He's suffering from superficial burns, minor burns, but he was taken away by police to hospital, said Youdon Aukatsang, a Delhi-based a member of parliament for Tibet's government in exile, which operates from a northern Indian hill town.

Aukatsang said Indian-born TseDor sent a note calling for an end to a Chinese crackdown in Tibet.

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