A protester has been killed in a clash with police in an ethnically Tibetan part of China, in which activists say Chinese security forces opened fire on a crowd. The reported incident came at a time of great tension in Tibetan-inhabited parts of China as Viv Marsh of our Asia-Pacific desk reports.
Tibetan rights groups quoted eyewitnesses as saying the shooting happened in Sichuan province after several thousand people marched on government offices in Draggo in support of Tibetan freedom. The demonstration was apparently prompted by arrests earlier on Monday connected with the distribution of leaflets calling for Tibetan freedom. The official Chinese news agency confirmed one death but didn't mention any shooting. It said a crowd had gathered after a rumour that a monk would set himself on fire. It said the crowd later attacked a police station with clubs and stones.
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