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Pregnant Wife: Suicide

August 27, 2014;

The pregnant wife of Jinpa Tharchin, 18, one of the people who died after being shot and detained by police during peaceful protests in Sershul, has hanged herself, a source has told Radio Free Asia. Jinpa Tharchin died of untreated gunshot wounds and torture in detention, one of at least five Tibetans protesters who have died while being detained and refused medical treatment.

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