8th Tibetan in act of self-immolation

A former monk set himself on fire near a Tibetan Buddhist monastery in southwest China, rights groups said yesterday, in the latest protest against perceived religious repression in the region.
Norbu Dathul, 19, called out "Tibet needs freedom" and "His holiness the Dalai Lama must return" before setting himself alight on Saturday in the main market of Aba, London-based Free Tibet said, citing exiled Tibetan sources.
Police extinguished the flames and took the former monk away, the activist group said, adding that "his current well-being and whereabouts are unknown".