Two monks in Tibet set themselves on fire, says report Worshippers at the Jokhang temple in Lhasa where two monks are said to have set themselves on fire. Two young Tibetan monks protesting against Chinese rule of Tibet have set themselves on fire in front of a prominent Buddhist temple in Lhasa, according to a US broadcaster. Radio Free Asia said in a statement that the monks were were taken away by authorities in the Tibetan capital minutes after setting themselves on fire on Sunday outside the Jokhang Temple, a spiritual site and popular tourist attraction. The broadcaster cited a Tibetan living in exile as saying he had heard from others inside Tibet that flames engulfed the two monks and they were believed to be seriously hurt or dead. A woman with the Lhasa city police denied the story. If true, it is significant because the protest took place inside Tibet proper, whereas recent self-immolations have been by Tibetans living in areas of China outside Tibet.