Tibetan monk 'shot' while on fire

Chinese communist government efficiency in action... if someone wants to set themselves on fire, let's just shoot them to speed things up. I wonder if they put out the fire after shooting the protester.

BBC News (and Leon)

A Tibetan monk has been shot after setting fire to himself during a protest at Beijing's rule, reports say.

The incident happened in the Tibetan-populated town of Aba in southwest China's Sichuan province during a gathering of more than 1,000 monks.

The monk, named Tapey, is said to have shouted slogans and waved a Tibetan flag, then doused himself with petrol and set himself alight.

Campaign groups said witnesses then saw Chinese police shoot the man.

I am saddened by the news. Governments and dynasties come and go. The more hard-line and dictatorial it is, the more violent the eventual transition.