<p>An 18-year-old nun set herself on fire in China’s restive southwest and later died, rights groups said on Sunday, the latest in a spate of such incidents among ethnic Tibetans protesting Beijing’s rule. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The woman — a member of a Buddhist nunnery in Aba prefecture in China’s Sichuan province, which borders Tibet — set herself alight on Saturday evening, Free Tibet and the International Campaign for Tibet said.<br /><br />This brings to at least 19 the number of people who have set themselves on fire in the past year in Tibetan-inhabited areas in protest over Chinese rule.<br /><br />Rights groups say another three Tibetans self-immolated earlier this month in a remote village of Sichuan. <br /><br />The nun from the Mamae nunnery shouted out slogans of protest against the Chinese government before setting herself alight, the rights groups said in statements.</p>
<p>An 18-year-old nun set herself on fire in China’s restive southwest and later died, rights groups said on Sunday, the latest in a spate of such incidents among ethnic Tibetans protesting Beijing’s rule. <br /><br /></p>.<p>The woman — a member of a Buddhist nunnery in Aba prefecture in China’s Sichuan province, which borders Tibet — set herself alight on Saturday evening, Free Tibet and the International Campaign for Tibet said.<br /><br />This brings to at least 19 the number of people who have set themselves on fire in the past year in Tibetan-inhabited areas in protest over Chinese rule.<br /><br />Rights groups say another three Tibetans self-immolated earlier this month in a remote village of Sichuan. <br /><br />The nun from the Mamae nunnery shouted out slogans of protest against the Chinese government before setting herself alight, the rights groups said in statements.</p>