VOA Tibetan has confirmed that a young Tibetan male carried out a self-immolation in Bora, a town in the Tibetan region of Gansu Province yesterday, May 2, 2017. Sources confirming the protest say that the person was taken away within minutes and that even as of tonight, more than 24 hours after the incidence, most people in Bora are unaware that a self-immolation took place. The identity of the man and whether he had stated any reasons for his act is unknown at present.
