China arrested a teenaged Tibetan who attempted to immolate himself in Serta County last week.The young Tibetan indentified as Thinley, a school boy, poured gasoline all over his body and drank plenty of the liquid fuel in a bid to set himself on fire.However, Thinley reportedly had an overdose of the gasoline consumption which caused him to faint at the protest site, deterring his immolation bid.The incident happened on March 12 in Serta County in Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture.Thinley, aged 17, is reportedly taken away from the protest site by police and information about him in the aftermath of the attempted immolation protest is not immediately known.

Thinley, who is actively engaged in an association promoting Tibetan language preservation, had left a note found by his friends at his room in which he reportedly urged Tibetans to be “steadfastly united” in the face of growing crisis in Tibet.