Dharamsala (AsiaNews / Agencies) - Chinese security forces
have killed at least five Tibetans and injured another 40 on the second day of
protests that have erupted in the prefecture of Kardze (Ganzi in Chinese),
Sichuan Province. According to Tibetan sources, the police fired on
demonstrators in Serthar (Seda, in Chinese), where martial law has been imposed.
"The Tibetans - said a source - are confined to their homes and police fire on
anyone who ventures into the streets."The dead and wounded of Serthar are in addition to six deaths and more than 30 wounded, also demonstrators fired on by police in Draggo (Luhu, in Chinese), also in Sichuan. According to local sources, "12 of them are in critical condition with gunshots to the skull" (pictured one of the demonstrators, killed at Draggo). asianews