KATHMANDU, FEB 14 -

A Tibetan man, who set himself on fire in protest against Chinese rule in Tibet on the premises of the Boudhanath Stupa in the Capital on Wednesday morning, die d later in the night.

Thundup Dopchen, in his early 20s, die d at about 11 pm last night.

Doctors attending to Dopchen said that he die d due to multiple organ failure as about 90 percent of his body had suffered burns. He was receiving treatment on a ventilator in the hospital.

Dopchen set himself on fire at the premises of Boudhanath Stupa after pouring petrol. He then ran about 50 meters shouting slogans against China before collapsig on the stone-path circumventing the Stupa. He was rushed to Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital after police and locals doused the fire.

wht a waste of life, RIP