Woman killed in Tibet

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May 13, 2015

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Source: Xinhua | May 13, 2015, Wednesday |

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One woman was killed and two people were injured in Tibet after China’s neighbor Nepal was jolted by yesterday’s earthquake.

All three were in a car hit by falling rocks in the Gyirong township when the 7.5-magnitude quake struck.

The dead woman was identified as Chodron.

Karma Tenzin, a border inspection officer, said Chodron was a local resident. The injured are undergoing medical treatment.

Wu Aijun, a police officer in Zham in Nyalam County, said: “Roads were cut off by debris from landslides.”

He said he could see across the border and a village in Nepal was also battered by landslides.

China evacuated thousands of residents from Zham after the April quake.

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