28/05/2012 19:30
Two monks in Tibet set fire to themselves
Two men set fire to themselves Sunday outside the holiest temple of Tibetan Buddhism in the center of Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, and one died, according to Xinhua, the Chinese state news agency. The act was apparently in protest of Chinese rule over Tibet, and it signaled that the wave of self-immolations that had occurred in eastern Tibet had spread to the capital, the New York Times reports.
The self-immolations took place outside the Jokhang Temple, during the holy month known as Saga Dawa, when followers of Tibetan Buddhism celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha.