Three men set themselves on fire in Beijing

Three men set themselves on fire near Tiananmen Square in Beijing yesterday, state media reported, but authorities quickly put a lid on further information about the incident.
The three men sat in a vehicle and started the fire at 3:00 pm (0700 GMT) at an intersection in a busy shopping area, Xinhua news agency said, citing a Beijing government spokesman.
The intersection of Changan Avenue and Wangfujing shopping street is about one kilometre from Tiananmen Square, the scene of pro-democracy protests in 1989 that the Chinese military crushed with deadly force.
Changan Avenue is the capital's main road, running east to west past Tiananmen Square, the national congress building and other top government institutions.