Name: Yeshi Khando
Age: 47
Status: Died
Father’s Name: Sherab
Mother’s Name: Sonam Dolma
Affiliation: Drangsur village,Tsonggo township, Drango County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province)
Location of incident: Drangsur village,Tsonggo township, Drango County, Kardze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture (Incorporated into China’s Sichuan Province)
Date of Self-immolation: 2015-04-08
Info: A Tibetan nun in her forties called Yeshi Kandro set fire to herself on April 8 in Kardze and is believed to have died, according to Tibetan sources. She called for the long life of the Dalai Lama, for the Dalai Lama to be invited to Tibet, and for freedom for Tibet as she set herself alight, according to the same sources.
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