` ` The whole of his body is burnt , '' a police officer says . The man doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire near a shrine . Thousands of Tibetans have self - organised in recent years to protest Chinese rule .
`` The whole of his body is burnt , '' a police spokesman says . The man doused himself in petrol and set himself on fire near a shrine . Dozens of Tibetans have self-immolated in recent years to protest Chinese rule .