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| Subject: Chinese man in Tiananmen Square self-immolation protest Thu Nov 17, 2011 1:32 am | |
| A man set himself on fire in Beijing's Tiananmen Square last month, the Chinese authorities have confirmed.
Beijing's public security bureau said that the act of self-immolation occurred close to the square's portrait of Chairman Mao.
The 42-year-old man, named only as Wang from Huanggang city in Hubei province, set himself on fire following a legal dispute, officials said.
After receiving hospital treatment he has now recovered from his injuries.
"Around 11am [on] 21st October, 2011, a man, surnamed Wang, walked up to Jinshui Bridge [Golden Water Bridge] and the marble pillars [and] suddenly set his clothes alight," a statement from China's Public Security Bureau said.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15768036 |
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