New violence has broken out in a Tibetan area of western China, leaving at least one government official seriously injured, state media says.
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The violence comes weeks after unrest spread through Tibetan areas.
Protests were peaceful initially, but later turned violent and ethnic Chinese were targeted. Beijing responded with a strict security crackdown.
Tibetan exile groups say Chinese security forces killed dozens of protesters. Beijing says about 19 people were killed in rioting.
Foreign media organisations cannot report freely from Tibetan areas, so it is difficult to confirm facts from the area.
The latest Xinhua report states that a government official was "attacked and seriously wounded" in the Donggu township at about 2000 (1200 GMT) on Thursday.
"Police were forced to fire warning shots and put down the violence," Xinhua quoted an official with the prefectural government as saying.
The agency reported last week that one Chinese policeman was killed and several others were injured during clashes in Garze.
(BBC)
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