The official Xinhua News Agency said Saturday the two former monks aged 18 and 20 set themselves on fire in Sichuan province´s Aba prefecture Friday.[break]
Xinhua cites a county spokesman as saying the monks were rescued and were being treated at a local hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
They are the fourth and fifth Tibetans to set themselves on fire in Aba county in the past two weeks.
The activist group International Campaign for Tibet says the two young men clasped their hands together as they set themselves alight.
Aba prefecture has been the scene of numerous protests in past years against the Chinese government.
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