Name: Tenzin Gyatso
Age: 35
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Chemi Dorje
Mother’s Name: –
Affiliation: Khangsar township of Tawu county, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province)
Location of incident: Khangsar township of Tawu county, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2015-05-20

Info: A Tibetan father of four set fire to himself in Tawu apparently in response to tightened security in the buildup to the Dalai Lama’s 80th birthday. Tenzin Gyatso, the fourth Tibetan to self-immolate this year, was taken away by armed police and it is not known if he is still alive. He set fire to himself outside a government building where political education was carried out, according to Tibetan sources.

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