Chinese police opened fire on Tibetans

Chinese police opened fire on Tibetan protesters after a series of self-immolations by Tibetans protesting against the central government's rule of the Himalayan region, a human rights group said on December 26.

In a statement, the UK-based group Free Tibet said a monk was shot in the arm after police used tear gas and opened fire during clashes with Tibetans outside a police station in Sichuan province, which borders Tibet.

Chinese paramilitary police patrol in Urumqi on May 23. (Source: AFP/VNA)

However, the group did not specify when the violence occurred and local police have not been able to confirm the information.

According to the group "Free Tibet", the number of Tibetans self-immolating has decreased in the past two years, but the case of a 37-year-old Tibetan monk who set himself on fire outside a police station in Dawu County, Sichuan Province on December 23 was the third death by self-immolation in the past eight days./.

According to VNA