Delhi: Tibetan activist who set himself on fire dies

New Delhi: A young Tibetan activist, who set himself ablaze during a protest against Chinese president Hu Jintao's India visit, died at a hospital in the national capital on Wednesday morning. Jamyang Yeshi (26) breathed his last in the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital at 7:30 am, Dr LK Makhija, who was treating him, said.

Yeshi had on Monday set himself on fire in Jantar Mantar where Tibetans were protesting against the visit of Hu Jintao. At least 29 Tibetans, many of them Buddhist monks and nuns, have have set themselves on fire in Tibet demanding freedom for their homeland.

He became the first Tibetan to die in India after setting himself on fire during protests.

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  A Tibetan protestor lit himself on fire at a demonstration on Monday in the national capital ahead of a visit by China's President Hu Jinta.

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  The protestor was engulfed in flames as he ran near the speakers at the rally near the Indian Parliament.

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  The Tibetan activist lit himself on fire at the gathering and was rushed to hospital.

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  An Indian police officer and a protester try to extinguish the fire as a Tibetan man is engulfed in flames after self-immolating.

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  Fellow activists beat out the flames with the Tibetan flags that they were carrying.

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  The protestor was being treated for severe burns at a New Delhi hospital, a Tibetan organiser said.

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Yeshi had set himself on fire at Jantar Mantar where Tibetans were protesting against the visit of Hu Jintao.

Yeshi had sneaked into India from Tibet in 2006 and had been living in New Delhi for the past six years, activists said.

Also See

• Dalai Lama followers responsible for planning self immolation: China
• Delhi: Tibetan sets himself on fire at anti-China protest

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