{"id":140060,"date":"2012-07-17T10:24:13","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=140060"},"modified":"2012-07-17T10:24:13","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:24:13","slug":"teenaged-tibetan-monk-self-immolates-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2012\/07\/teenaged-tibetan-monk-self-immolates-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Teenaged Tibetan Monk ‘Self-immolates’ in China"},"content":{"rendered":"
An 18-year-old Tibetan monk has burned himself to death in Sichuan Province<\/strong><\/a>, according to a report from BBC. He is believed to be the 44th Tibetan to self-immolate in protest against Beijing’s policies:<\/p>\n The monk in Tuesday’s incident was identified as Lobsang Lozin.<\/p>\n He set himself ablaze and died immediately in Bharkham county in Sichuan province as he marched towards a government office, the India-based Central Tibetan Administration – or government-in-exile – said in a statement.<\/p>\n Local government and police in Bharkham, known as Maerkang in Chinese, could not immediately confirm the suicide.<\/p>\n But the government-in-exile said that a large group of armed police were moving towards Bharkham following the incident.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n