| Voice of America: Tibetan Monk Dies From Self-Immolation Dec 3rd 2012, 23:08 | Voice of America | | Voice of America is an international news and broadcast organization serving Central and Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, Central Asia, Russia, the Middle East and Balkan countries | | | Tibetan Monk Dies From Self-Immolation Dec 3rd 2012, 21:56 Tibetan sources tell VOA that another person has set himself on fire in western China as part of a protest against Chinese rule in ethnic Tibetan areas. Sources say a 29-year-old monk, Lobsang Gendun, had his hands clasped in prayer as flames engulfed him Monday evening. Witnesses in Qinghai province say the monk shouted slogans as he died, but they say they could not clearly hear what he was saying. Local Tibetans are reported to have taken the late monk's body to his monastery Penag ... | | | |  | |
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