113. Lhamo Kyab

Name: Lhamo Kyab

Age: 43

Sex: Male

Profession: Forest Guard

Date of Self-immolation: 25 March 2013

Location: Lushoe Village in Tsoe Region, Eastern Tibet

Current whereabouts/wellbeing: Deceased

Slogans: Not reported

A Tibetan forest guard self-immolated and died on 25 March in Lushoe Village in Tsoe Region, Sangchu, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture. Lhamo Kyab reportedly doused himself in kerosene and then jumped onto a pile of timber which he had already set ablaze. An image received from Tibet depicts what can barely be discerned as human remains on scorched earth beside a heap of charcoal.lhamokyab1

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