[TheCruxofBag]

A Tibetan man protesting China’s occupation fatally set himself on fire outside the United Nations headquarters in Manhattan on Thursday evening, capturing the horrifying scene in livestreamed footage.

The protester, identified by a friend as Lobga Rangzen, was dressed in full monastic garb when he planted a Tibetan flag on the sidewalk and then self-immolated along the busy street during the evening rush. Rangzen, 42, was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Police were spotted at the scene carrying sheets of paper, one of which said “CHINA OUT OF TIBET”. Since March 2009, more than 150 people are known to have set themselves on fire in Tibet to protest what they describe as “Chinese occupation,” according to Free Tibet.

[newjerseydeevil]

the world is busy on onlyfans and moving onto next instagram reel dude nobody cares.

[AllegedlyHere]

Cause of death: flame retard(ant)

[azblue81]

Of course, in NYC, they see a man on fire in the street and they just honk. “Get outta da street! I’m drivin’ here, muthafucka!”

[Happy733]

Exactly.

[soja]

why do buddhists love setting themselves on fire so much? pretty sure nothing has ever been accomplished by it, except maybe that one time it got exploited for an album cover.

[WayneMan]

Originally Posted by soja ↗

why do buddhists love setting themselves on fire so much? pretty sure nothing has ever been accomplished by it, except maybe that one time it got exploited for an album cover.

You beat me to it. They barely attract any attention anymore as this clip attests. Waste of a perfectly good fire extinguisher.
Most interesting point was how long he remained standing.

[docfr8]

Lesson to be lernt
If you see someone carrying a flag that looks like that one, Get the fuck away

[kellyhound]

Just checked the news and and to my surprise China did not and has no plans to leave Tibet after this powerful message

[BRVTALIST]

He didn’t scream…so there’s that.