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International Herald Tribune

Ethnic unrest continues in China

By Howard W. French
Friday, April 4, 2008

SHANGHAI: Fresh ethnic violence has erupted in a Tibetan region of
southwestern China, with disputed reports of at least eight people shot
dead by police, even as the Chinese government on Friday vowed swift and
severe punishment of Tibetans accused of rioting and participation in
last month's anti-government protests.

Police officers fired on a crowd of protesters on Thursday evening
outside government offices in the Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture in
Sichuan Province along the border with Tibet. A Tibet activist group
said the shooting left at least eight protesters dead, according to The
Associated Press.