September 30th

(©2007 Chris Pumphrey) Blue Poppy Music-ASCAP

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CHINESE BORDER GUARDS KILL TWO TIBETAN PILGRIMS

video of Chinese border guards shooting Tibetan pilgrims


On September 30, 2006, Chinese border guards shot and killed two Tibetan Buddhist pilgrims
who were on their way to see His Holiness the Dalai Lama, one of whom was a 17 year old nun.

The official statement from the Chinese claimed that the shooting was in self-defense
because the pilgrims attacked the guards.

A mountain climbing expedition nearby was being documented by a video crew.
The video crew saw the shooting and captured the event on video.
See the video here.

Nangpa Pass shootings

List of individuals, including 16 children, known to have been arrested and detained in the Nangpa Pass shootings

Googling "tibetan pilgrims" will yield more information on this incident.


-=-=- Students for a Free Tibet -=-=- TIBETech.org -=-=- Amnesty International -=-=-

September 30th

(©2007 Chris Pumphrey) Blue Poppy Music-ASCAP

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music & lyrics by Chris Pumphrey

produced by Richard Karst
engineered, mixed and mastered by Richard Karst at Prema Music Studio

Chris Pumphrey - lead vocal, guitar, harmonica
Richard Karst - bass, drums, field snare, trumpets, chanting
Lalita Karst - vocals


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September 30th (Tibetan Pilgrims)
by Chris Pumphrey

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High on the slopes of Mt. Everest
September 30th
Trekking Tibetan pilgrims walked
single file up a high mountain pass trail
On their way to see the Dalai Lama
"His Holiness" to them

A border guard in uniform takes a shooting position
On a hill not far away
Sniper rifle to his eye
You can see him taking aim
The crack of gunfire
Two innocent ones fall

the official report reported
It was a shooting in self defense
Those pilgrims attacked the guards it said
the guards fired to protect themselves
some pilgrims were taken as political prisoners
even little kids

mountain climbers had a base camp near by
they saw the whole thing in plain view
They were filming a climbing expedition
And their cameras were handy too
They were shocked at what they witnessed
And they got it all on video

I wonder how many people discover this
When you Google the words "Tibetan pilgrims"
You get a half a million hits
With details, and updates and interviews and photographs
And the mountain climber's video

High on the slopes of Mt. Everest
September 30th
The rest of the pilgrims who made it through
Continued on the trail to Kathmandu
On their way to see the Dalai Lama
"His Holiness" to them

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