Tibetan protester who set himself on fire outside Manhattan’s United Nations livestreamed his death

The Tibetan New Yorker who set himself on fire outside the United Nations to protest the Chinese occupation of his native home livestreamed his death, officials said Saturday. Lobga Rangzen also recorded a six-minute appeal for Tibet’s freedom and independence in his native language before putting on traditional monastic robes and walking to 42nd St and First Ave. around 6:30 p.m. Thursday. “So if I do a big action today, I want you to know it is not for any personal reason,” he said in the video. “It is not because I have nothing to eat or nothing to wear, but because I am doing this for my country. For the Tibetan nation.” Outside the U.N. he put his phone down on the street and recorded his self-immolation. The extremely graphic video posted online shows Rangzen walking to a spot on the street carrying a Tibetan flag. A moment later, his entire body erupts in flames. Fliers reading “China out of Tibet” in his hands catch fire as they’re tossed onto the street. Rangzen appears to flail and takes several steps as the fire consumes him. He stays on his feet for more than 30 seconds before he collapses, the
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