Protesting Tibetan sets himself ablaze

A TIBETAN protester set himself on fire 23/11/2006 outside the hotel of visiting Chinese president Hu Jintao in Mumbai.

The protester - who said his name was Lhakpa - poured kerosene on himself and set it alight, shouting "Free Tibet" and "Hu is a killer" as police tried to douse the flames.

Hu was in the hotel at the time, preparing to address a meeting of business leaders on the last day of his four-day India visit aimed at boosting political and economic ties.

Protesters jostled with police before being bundled away to a nearby police station.

Elsewhere, about 200 Tibetans and their Indian supporters protested against what they called "the massacre of innocent Tibetans" fleeing their homeland.

In September, European mountaineers filmed Chinese soldiers shooting at a group of 75 Tibetans and killing at least one of them as they fled across a Himalayan mountain pass into Nepal .

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• tibet
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• Jintao

[CaptainCool07]

yea you better burn!!!!!!

[DuhLie]

i was kinda hoping the man had an underwear that had dalai's face printed on it.

[KGArtist]

nothing compliments blood curdling screams from a man on fire more Than nice upbeat music :)

[frickinasshle]

i heard san ich. so something to do with 3 and 1... damn my japanese skills

[eastern2western]

stupid buffon.

[TheGarcia350]

>____>.....

[tubehstnr]

I guess he decided that was a bad idea.

[kedharf1]

If this had happened in China ... they would save him first and then set him on fire again!

[photofansgroup]

The man is a coward, we need more gasoline to put onto him to burn himself much faster. Chinese people hate those ones who are always shouting "Free Tibet", while they do no contribution to the country.

[Xplenovo]

自殺呀-___-??

[Ngobamakosi]

If he set himself on fire.....it looks like he didnt have the courage of his conviction. FAIL.