China detains 7 for instigating Tibetan to self-immolate

January 15, 2013 21:58

Chinese police have detained seven Tibetans who reportedly motivated a villager to self-immolate himself as part of a protest campaign being held in the Himalayan region to oppose harsh Chinese rule.

Police in northwest China's Gansu Province reportedly apprehended seven people who had allegedly convinced a local Tibetan villager to immolate himself last year, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.

A police investigation showed the self-immolation of a 26-year-old resident of Nawu Township in the city of Hezuo on October 6, 2012 was "masterminded by key members of the Tibetan Youth Congress of the overseas Dalai clique," according to a statement

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