2 Tibetans set themselves on fire in China

2 Tibetans set themselves on fire in China

Beijing: Two Tibetan cousins set fire to themselves in their village to protest Chinese rule, bringing the total number of self-immolations this week to seven, the highest since the protests began last year, a rights group said on Saturday.
    The London-based group Free Tibet said cousins Tsepo, 20, and Tenzin, 25, called for Tibet’s independence as they set themselves ablaze on Thursday in front of a government building in their village in Biru county north of Lhasa, Tibet’s main city. Tsepo reportedly died and Tenzin’s condition was unknown, Free Tibet said.
    On Friday, Tsepag Kyab, 21, in Amuquhu town, set fire to himself in protest and died of the burns, the self-declared Tibetan gov