Torch protestor tries to set himself alight

Chinese students clashed with anti-Beijing demonstrators at the Olympic torch relay today in Seoul, South Korea, throwing rocks and punches at the latest troubled stop on the flame’s round-the-world journey.

Torch protestor tries to set himself alight

Chinese students clashed with anti-Beijing demonstrators at the Olympic torch relay today in Seoul, South Korea, throwing rocks and punches at the latest troubled stop on the flame’s round-the-world journey.

Thousands of police guarded the torch from protesters blasting China’s treatment of North Korean refugees. Nonetheless, a North Korean defector tried to set himself on fire to halt the relay.

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