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Lhamo Tashi, 22

September 17, 2014;

Lhamo Tashi, 22, set fire to himself outside a security office in Tsoe city at midnight. Tashi’s parents Chopa Tsering and Dhukar Tso, who live in Drukdo village, Amchok township, were informed of their son’s self-immolation by the security police who told them that he had died. They travelled to Tsoe to request their son’s body but were told that Tashi had been cremated already and were given some ash which they were told were Tashi’s. Lhamo Tashi, a student, is the 132nd Tibetan to self-immolate inside Tibet since 2009. It is not yet known whether he left behind a statement, or spoke at the scene of his immolation. Tashi took part in the 2008 protests and was detained at the time, then subsequently released. A relative has described him as “a student dedicated to preserving his Tibetan heritage”.

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