Chinese security forces have opened fire on ethnic Tibetan protesters in the province of Sichuan, killing at least one man, Tibetan activists say.
Rights groups and the self-declared Tibetan parliament-in-exile quote eyewitnesses as saying scores of people were injured, many of them by gunfire.
The activists say the demonstrators demanded freedom for Tibet.
The official Xinhua news agency confirmed that one protester was killed and five police officers were injured.
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