Name: Lobsang Kelsang
Age: 18
Status: Unknown
Father’s Name: Tsering Tashi
Mother’s Name: Dzongkar
Affiliation: Kirti Monastery
Location of incident: Ngaba County, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture
(Ch: Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2011-09-26
Info: On September 26 Lobsang Kelsang believed to be approximately 18-years old, set fire to themselves while shouting “Long live His Holiness the Dalai Lama,” “He was carrying a photo of His Holiness the Dalai Lama over his head and was calling out for Tibetan freedom,” In a protest also held in Ngaba county town. After extinguishing the flames, police took the two young monks into custody.