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Tibetan exiles raise death toll Tibetan riots continue in China
(about 6 hours later)
The Tibetan government-in-exile says it can now confirm that 130 people died during the recent clashes in and around the Himalayan region. Protests are continuing in the Tibetan-populated areas of China, with state-run media saying one policeman was killed in the latest riot.
The government-in-exile, based in northern India, had previously announced a death toll of 99, while China has so far reported 19 deaths. Several policemen were also injured in the clash in the western Sichuan province, Xinhua news agency reported.
Independent confirmation of either figure has been impossible to obtain. The Tibetan government-in-exile says that 130 people died in and around the Himalayan region during clashes that began on 10 March.
Foreign journalists remain banned from Tibet, where the protests first began on 10 March. Officials in Beijing have previously put the death toll at 19.
The clashes have since spread to Tibetan communities in neighbouring Gansu, Sichuan and Qinghai provinces. Neither of the figures can be independently verified.
Two versions of events Foreign journalists remain banned from Tibet.
In a separate development on Monday, pro-Tibet activists briefly disrupted a flame-lighting ceremony in Greece for the Olympic Games in Beijing this summer.
Protesters from media rights group Reporters Without Borders broke through the cordon of 1,000 police officers in Olympia as China's envoy spoke.
Differing accounts
Xinhua said one Chinese policeman was killed and several others were injured during the riots on Monday in Sichuan's Gaze prefecture.
TIBET DIVIDE China says Tibet was always part of its territoryTibet enjoyed long periods of autonomy before 20th century1950: China launched a military assaultOpposition to Chinese rule led to a bloody uprising in 1959Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled to India Q&A: Tibet and China Key events in Tibet unrest
It did not provide any further details.
Separately, local authorities in Sichuan said 381 people involved in earlier protests in Aba county had given themselves up.
Chinese and Tibetan sources have given very different accounts of the protests, which were started by Buddhist monks on the anniversary of a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.Chinese and Tibetan sources have given very different accounts of the protests, which were started by Buddhist monks on the anniversary of a Tibetan uprising against Chinese rule.
TIBET DIVIDE China says Tibet was always part of its territoryTibet enjoyed long periods of autonomy before 20th century1950: China launched a military assaultOpposition to Chinese rule led to a bloody uprising in 1959Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama fled to India class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7299221.stm">Q&A: Tibet and China class="" href="/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7305288.stm">Key events in Tibet unrest The Chinese media claim the violence was caused by rioters, saying people were stabbed or burnt to death in Tibet's main city, Lhasa. Chinese authorities have blamed the Dalai Lama for orchestrating the unrest, in an attempt to sabotage the Beijing Olympics and promote Tibetan independence.
Chinese authorities have blamed the Dalai Lama for orchestrating the unrest, in an attempt to sabotage this summer's Beijing Olympics and promote Tibetan independence.
But the Tibetan government-in-exile, based in Dharamsala, northern India, says innocent civilians were killed by Chinese troops.But the Tibetan government-in-exile, based in Dharamsala, northern India, says innocent civilians were killed by Chinese troops.
China's state media has recently attacked foreign news coverage of the unrest, claiming it is unfair.China's state media has recently attacked foreign news coverage of the unrest, claiming it is unfair.
The official People's Daily newspaper said foreign journalists had misrepresented government efforts to restore order as a military crackdown.The official People's Daily newspaper said foreign journalists had misrepresented government efforts to restore order as a military crackdown.