Video shows dramatic details of Tibetan immolation

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The footage shows a crowd gathering around a man who suddenly explodes into flames.

17 April,2012 09:46 am

Video obtained by an overseas pro-Tibet group shows Chinese security forces beating a man who had set himself on fire in one of several self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Chinese rule.The Washington-based International Campaign for Tibet says the 45-second video it released Tuesday shows the self-immolation of Losang Jamyang in January in the west China town of Aba.The footage shows a crowd gathering around a man who suddenly explodes into flames and leaps around. Riot police close in, and an officer uses a pushcart to knock the man down. Other police seem to kick the man after he falls and then blast him with fire extinguishers.Thirty-two people have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas over the past year.