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http://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/china-cops-open-fire-on-protesters-report/story-e6frfkui-1227024608777
POLICE in a restive area of southwestern China's Sichuan province have opened fire on Tibetans protesting the detention of a village leader, wounding about a dozen people and arresting others, reports say.
THE police fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse hundreds of Tibetans who gathered in Loshu township in Ganzi, or Kardze, prefecture on Tuesday following the detention of village leader Dema Wangdak, US-based Radio Free Asia quoted exiled Tibetans as saying.
"Hundreds gathered to call for Wangdak's release because he is innocent, but the Chinese authorities sent in security forces to crack down on the protesters," Demay Gyaltsen, an Indian-based Tibetan exile with contacts in Ganzi, told the broadcaster's Tibetan service.
Wangdak's son and brother were among at least 10 Tibetans who were seriously injured in the clash, Gyaltsen said.
The broadcaster and Tibetan exile websites published photographs of the protest, adding that Chinese authorities suspended communication services after the shooting.
"The village is now entirely surrounded by security forces and many of the adults in the village have gone to the hills to hide," Jampa Youten, a Tibetan Buddhist monk based in southern India, told Radio Free Asia.
Wangdak was reportedly detained after a disagreement over local cultural activities, which require approval by China's ruling Communist Party.
The protest was not reported by Chinese state media.
Many Tibetan areas of China have remained under strict police control since widespread anti-government protests in 2008.
Police have further tightened security in the last four years amid a series of at least 130 self-immolation protests by monks, nuns and lay Tibetans.
POLICE in a restive area of southwestern China's Sichuan province have opened fire on Tibetans protesting the detention of a village leader, wounding about a dozen people and arresting others, reports say.
THE police fired tear gas and live ammunition to disperse hundreds of Tibetans who gathered in Loshu township in Ganzi, or Kardze, prefecture on Tuesday following the detention of village leader Dema Wangdak, US-based Radio Free Asia quoted exiled Tibetans as saying.
"Hundreds gathered to call for Wangdak's release because he is innocent, but the Chinese authorities sent in security forces to crack down on the protesters," Demay Gyaltsen, an Indian-based Tibetan exile with contacts in Ganzi, told the broadcaster's Tibetan service.
Wangdak's son and brother were among at least 10 Tibetans who were seriously injured in the clash, Gyaltsen said.
The broadcaster and Tibetan exile websites published photographs of the protest, adding that Chinese authorities suspended communication services after the shooting.
"The village is now entirely surrounded by security forces and many of the adults in the village have gone to the hills to hide," Jampa Youten, a Tibetan Buddhist monk based in southern India, told Radio Free Asia.
Wangdak was reportedly detained after a disagreement over local cultural activities, which require approval by China's ruling Communist Party.
The protest was not reported by Chinese state media.
Many Tibetan areas of China have remained under strict police control since widespread anti-government protests in 2008.
Police have further tightened security in the last four years amid a series of at least 130 self-immolation protests by monks, nuns and lay Tibetans.
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