18. Aug 2010
Firing incident in Palyul county
(Phayul) According to Phayul three people would have been killed and 30 others severely wounded after security forces allegedly opened fire on Tibetan petitioners outside a government building in Palyul (Chin: Baiyu) county, Sichuan province. The incident occurred in a village named as Sharchu Gyashoed whose leader Tashi Sangpo had recently written to the Chinese authorities to complain about the expansion of gold mining activities in the area.