Lobsang Tsultrim, a 20-year-old monk from the besieged Kirti monastery in the Ngaba region of eastern Tibet set his body on fire at around 5 pm local time.Lobsang set himself ablaze on the main street in the upper region of Ngaba town.Lobsang was enveloped in flames and raising slogans as he started marching up the main road.Upon seeing Chinese security personnel rushing towards him, Lobsang turned back but another security personnel present there struck him and he fell on the ground.The fire was extinguished and Lobsang Tsultrim was thrown into a police vehicle.

Even as Chinese security personnel had pinned him on the floor of the moving vehicle, Lobsang Tsultrim was seen raising his fist in the air and raising slogans.

In anticipation of protests on the one-year anniversary of monk Phuntsog’s self-immolation, Chinese security personnel were on high alert since morning.