Security in Tibetan region tightened, wounded hide
About 30 Tibetans injured after Chinese police fired into a crowd of protesters in a restive southwestern region were seeking shelter Tuesday in a monastery while military forces surrounded the building, a Tibetan monk said.
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Chinese police fire into crowd of Tibetan protesters, say witnesses
But Chinese authorities said that overseas advocacy groups were twisting the truth about what happened with Tibetan protesters Monday in order to undermine the government.
Group: Tibetans killed as China forces fire on crowd
Two Tibetans were killed when security forces in China's Sichuan province fired on protesters, bringing the death toll in recent clashes to four, a Tibetan advocacy group said.
Tibet group: China police fire on Tibetans, 1 dead
The Associated Press The Associated Press BEIJING A London-based activist group says security forces have fired on Tibetan protesters in southwest China, killing one and injuring others. The Free Tibet group said up to several thousand Tibetans in a county in Ganzi prefecture of Sichuan province marched Monday to government offices where security forces opened fire. It says a 49-year-old Tibetan ...