[3] On March 16 afternoon, Rigzin Phuntsog (Chinese: 仁增彭措), a 16-year-old monk at Kirti monastery set himself on fire.
Radio Free Asia and International Campaign for Tibet quoted local Tibetans who said the police put out the fire and then beat the monk to death.
[5][4] According to Time and accounts of people from the monastery, police and plain clothes officers turned up and extinguished the fire within 15 minutes and beat and kicked the monk.
[6] According to Xinhua News Agency the death was due to delayed treatment as the monks prevented Phuntsog from going to the hospital.
Advocacy groups said the two monks called for religious freedom and shouted "Long live Dalai Lama" before self-immolation.