BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces fired into a crowd of protesters in Tibet, injuring at least 60, an overseas rights group said on Tuesday, in a further outbreak of unrest in the remote mountainous region.
Sunday's incident, in Tibet's Driru county, was sparked by a rally calling for the release of a villager arrested a week earlier during demonstrations set off by attempts to force Tibetans to fly the Chinese flag, London-based Free Tibet said.
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