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China

Reports say six Tibetans hurt in shooting incident

Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama (left) touch heads with India's Karnataka state Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during celebrations marking the Dalai Lama's 78th birthday in Bylakuppe on Saturday. Photo: AFP

At least six Tibetans were injured when Chinese paramilitary police fired on a crowd that was attempting to commemorate the Dalai Lama’s birthday in a volatile part of western China, sources in the exile Tibetan community said on Monday.

The incident on Saturday in Sichuan province’s Daofu county marks an escalation of tensions in an area already on edge over a wave of self-immolations by Tibetans and a massive security presence. Daofu, known in Tibetan as Tawu, and the surrounding prefecture of Ganzi were home to several of the reported 119 Tibetans who have set themselves on fire in protest over Chinese restrictions on Buddhism and denigration of the Dalai Lama, who lives in exile in India.