Name: Lobsang Namgyal
Age: 37
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Karkho
Mother’s Name: Karkyi
Affiliation: Monk of Kirti monastery
Location of incident: Near the public security department in Zoegey, Ngaba Tibetan Autonomous prefecture (Ch: Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2013-02-03

Info: Lobsang Namgyal had been a monk at Kirti monastery in Ngaba, his ashes have not been returned to his family, according to the monks. Lobsang Namgyal was known as an exceptional student at Kirti monastery who had been tipped to study for the highest qualification in Tibetan Buddhism, A Geshe degree. “He was regarded as a model for a new generation of students at Kirti,” the Kirti monks in exile said in a statement in Tibetan.

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