Tibet group says 3 more dead after police shooting

Three more Tibetan protesters shot and detained by Chinese authorities died in jail after being denied medical treatment, bringing the death toll from recent violence to five, according to overseas Tibetan rights groups and a US-backed broadcaster. Rights groups said Chinese security forces opened fire on unarmed protesters on Aug. 12, wounding at least 10 people, before they detained the protesters and rounded up more male villagers in the southwestern province of Sichuan — the site of repeated ethnic protests and violent suppression. The London-based Free Tibet on Wednesday identified the dead as Tsewang Gonpo, 60, Yeshe, 42, and Jinpa Tharchin, 18, who had joined about 100 Tibetans to protest the detention of a Tibetan village leader in Ganzi prefecture. The US-backed broadcaster Radio Free Asia also reported the deaths. In recent years, more than 100 Tibetans have set themselves on fire to protest the Beijing rule, but the wave of self- immolations appear to be diminishing as Beijing cracks down on such fiery protests, according to AP.