09 August 2008
Shooting of two Tibetan women adds to tension in Ngaba
(FTC; SFT) The Free Tibet Campaign (FTC) reports that two Tibetan women received gunshot wounds in Ngaba town in Ngaba (Chin: Aba) county. FTC said "reliable sources" told them that Sonam Wangmo, from Ngaba county, and Zhang Yeying, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (TAP) shopping in the afternoon when shots were fired, hitting Sonam Wangmo in the arm and Zhang Yeying in the hand. FTC's source said four or five shots had been fired from a nearby building known to be accommodating troops recently quartered in the town. Tibetans who went to the assistance of the women reported that the Chinese troops claimed that the firing had been a mistake. The women's present medical condition is unknown.