Name: Ngawang Norphel
Age: 22
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Lhakpa Dhondup
Mother’s Name: Tsering Yangchen
Affiliation: Menphuk township, Zurtso Truldul, village, Nyalam, Shigatse
Location of incident: Zatoe County, Yushul Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Ch: Qinghai Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2012-06-20
Info: Both Tenzin Khedup and Norphel Carrying Tibetan flags and shouting pro-independence slogans, former monk Tenzin Khedup, 24, and Ngawang Norphel, 22, torched themselves in Dzatoe (in Chinese, Zaduo) township, Tridu (Chenduo) county, in the Yulshul (Yushu) Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, the exile sources said.
Tenzin Khedup died on the spot while his colleague, Ngawang Norphel was badly burned and is in serious condition at a hospital, according to the source.
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