[26. January 2012] Radio Free Asia

Chinese police shot dead another Tibetan on Thursday as they fired on protesters in southwest Sichuan province in a third day of bloodshed in Tibetan-populated areas this week.

Tibetan sources in exile said at least one man was reported killed and many more were injured when police opened fire on Tibetan protesters who tried to stop them from detaining a person who had put up a poster challenging Chinese rule. “Today, Jan. 26, at around 12:00 noon [local time], a Tibetan named Tharpa put up a signed poster in Dzitoe Barma town,” located in Ngaba (in Chinese, Aba) prefecture’s Zamtang (in Chinese, Rangtang) county, India-based monks Kanyag Tsering and Lobsang Yeshe said in a written statement, citing sources in the region. Read more