The Dharamshala based Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile has identified the Tibetan as Sonam Rabyang, a monk in his late thirties from the La Monastery in Tridu, Keygudo.
“A monk in his 30s set fire to himself on the main road of La Township, Tridu County, Keygudo Autonomous Prefecture (Ch: Chenduo County, Yushu Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai) yesterday, 8 February, between 1 and 2pm local time,” a release by the London based campaign group Free Tibet said.
Eyewitnesses report that the monk was alive but in a serious condition when he was taken away by Chinese security personnel.
Sonam Rabyang | 索南熱央 was the 20th(18thinside Tibet) Tibetan self-immolator since 2009.
索南熱央，康称多（今青海省玉树藏族自治州称多县）拉布寺僧人，37岁。
2012年2月8日下午1点多，索南热央在称多县称文镇自焚，高呼“西藏要自由”，“让达赖喇嘛尊者返回西藏”，重伤，被军警强行带走。起先只知在西宁市某军医院治疗，右腿被截肢，更多情况不明。但2013年2月21日的报道指，索南热央被带回称多县拉布乡家中，双腿已被截肢，被警方严密监控。
他出生于拉布乡玉塘村牧民家庭，父亲名叫平措杰。
遗言：
““西藏要自由”，“让达赖喇嘛尊者返回西藏”
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