“A video footage by a Romanian cameraman showing Chinese troops firing on fleeing unarmed Tibetans near the Nepal-Tibet border belies China’s claim that the soldiers fired in “self defense”. Sergiu Matei, a Romanian cameraman who was on his first climbing trip to Cho Oyu, the world’s sixth highest mountain located on the Nepal-Tibet border, witnessed Chinese troops firing on unarmed Tibetans trying to escape into Nepal from China-controlled territory Sep 30, resulting in the death of a young nun and triggering international furore. Matei, who returned to Bucharest Thursday, posted the video footage on the website www.protv.ro, clearly showing that the fleeing Tibetans had their backs to the soldiers, were unarmed, and offered no resistance. The nun who died, Kelsang Namtso, appears to have been shot in the back.”
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