- Record
- SI-108
- Date
- Place
- Amchok town, Sangchu (Ch: Xiahe) County
- Region
- Amdo
- Age
- Twenties
- Outcome
- Died
- Other spellings
- Drukpa Khar
What happened
According to Tibetan exile sources and Radio Free Asia’s Tibetan service, cited by ICT, Drugpa Khar set fire to himself in Amchok town on 13 February 2013, the third day of the Tibetan New Year (Losar), and died. ICT said he was the father of three young children and was born in Tsoe (Ch: Hezuo), Kanlho.
Sources & References
Primary records
- Self-immolation fact sheet
- Fact Sheet on Tibetan Self-Immolation Protests in Tibet Since February 2009
- Previous in the chronology: Lobsang Namgyal
- Next in the chronology: Drupchen Tsering
- All records
