Workers clear a street in the regional capital of Lhasa after riots. March, 2008.Photo: AP/Sydney Morning Herald
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BERLIN (Reuters) – Tibet's exiled spiritual leader has said he fears violence could break out at any moment in the region, a year after protests against Chinese rule erupted into riots.
The Dalai Lama's comments, published on a German newspaper's website Friday, come days before the 50th anniversary of his flight into exile and a year since a Tibetan crowd burned shops belonging to Han Chinese and Hui Muslims in Lhasa.
Chinese authorities said 19 people were killed in the initial riots. Tibetan exile groups said scores more were killed and hundreds arrested across the region in a subsequent crackdown by the authorities.
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