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Tibetan nun sets herself on fire in west China

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Published : Feb. 12, 2012 - 11:46

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BEIJING (AP) _ An overseas activist group says an 18-year-old Tibetan nun has set herself on fire in western China to protest Beijing's handling of its vast Tibetan regions. It's the latest in a series of self-immolations by Tibetan nuns, monks and ordinary people.

Free Tibet said in a statement Sunday that the nun was believed to have survived. It said the young woman, identified as Tenzin Choezin, was a nun at the Mamae Nunnery in Sichuan province's Aba prefecture.

More than a dozen monks, nuns and ordinary Tibetans have set themselves on fire over the past year. Free Tibet says at least 11 died from their injuries.

Some but not all of the incidents have been confirmed by Chinese state media.

<한글기사>

"티베트 10대 여승 분신…23명째 분신"



중국에서 티베트인들의 분신이 계속되는 가운 데 이번에는 중국 쓰촨(四川)성 티베트족자치주인 아바(阿<土+覇>)현에서 10대 티베 트 여승이 분신했다고 자유아시아방송(RFA)이 12일 보도했다.

소식통은 텐진 초이드론이라는 이름의 18세 여승이 지난 11일 중국 정부에 반대 하는 구호를 외치며 분신했고 이후 중국 경찰이 그를 데리고 갔다고 전했다.

국제티베트운동(ICT)은 초이드론을 포함해 2009년 2월 이후 지금까지 티베트인 23명이 분신했으며 이 중 13명이 숨졌다고 밝혔다.

소식통들은 또 지난주 중반 쓰촨성 간쯔(甘孜) 티베트족자치주에서 티베트인 시 위대들이 더거(德格)현과 간쯔현의 정부 건물 두 곳에 불을 질렀으며 이 중  간쯔현 의 건물은 전소됐다고 말했다. 더거현의 건물 화재는 한 티베트인이 당국에 방화 사 실을 알린 뒤 곧바로 진화됐다.

더거현에서는 방화 사실을 당국에 알린 티베트인을 죽여버리겠다고 위협하는 포 스터가 거리에 나붙어 긴장이 고조되고 있다고 소식통은 전했다. (연합뉴스)

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