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Tibetan monk self-immolates in China

Monks at a meeting/FILE

BEIJING, Jan 9 – A Tibetan monk died after self-immolating in northwest China over the weekend, state media said Monday, taking to 15 the number of people to set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas in less than a year.

Nyage Sonamdrugyu, 40, set himself ablaze early Sunday morning in Qinghai, the official Xinhua news agency reported. It is the first time the Tibetan-inhabited province has been hit by such a protest.

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