O ativista chegou a ser socorrido e levado a um hospital da região, mas não resistiu aos ferimentos. Organizações apontam que mais de 150 tibetanos cometeram autoimolação desde 2009.

Ativistas afirmam que vítima era Lobga Rangzen, defensor da causa tibetana

Officials say a man holding a Tibetan flag in front of the United Nations headquarters in New York set himself on fire and died

A 52-year-old protester with a Tibetan flag found at the scene was reportedly protesting China's occupation of Tibet.

He was named by campaigners as Lobga Rangzen, a pro-Tibet activist.