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A self-immolation incident takes place in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, China

23 ene 2001 · 39.90° N, 116.39° E

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23 ene 2001
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39.90° N, 116.39° E

Situado en: coordinates of the event it links, 2001 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident.

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A self-immolation incident takes place in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, China. Five members of the Falun Gong are alleged to have set themselves on fire, but details surrounding the incident are disputed by Falun Gong sources.

2001 Tiananmen Square self-immolation incident

Incident in Beijing, China

Five people set themselves on fire in Tiananmen Square in central Beijing, on the eve of Chinese New Year on 23 January 2001. The incident remains disputed; Chinese government sources identified the five as practitioners of Falun Gong, a religious movement banned in mainland China, and portrayed the self-immolations as evidence of the movement's dangerous nature.

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