Confused by the fallacy of "ascending to the
heaven to achieve total success" spread by Li Hongzhi,
Falun Gong cult leader, now living in the United States, one
male and four female Falun Gong followers set themselves
ablaze in a self-immolation attempt on Beijing's Tiananmen
Square.
At about 2:40 p.m. on January 23,
2001, the eve of the Chinese Spring Festival, two incidents
involving a total of five people (one man and four women)
poured gas on themselves and tried to burn themselves to
death, as a result of having been deeply confused by cult
leader Li Hongzhi's fallacy of "ascending to the heaven
to achieve total success, shedding blood when it becomes
unbearable." Patrol police rushed to the site and tried
to put out the fire and rescue the cult followers. So far
one Falun Gong activist has been announced dead and four
receiving emergency medical treatment of their injuries in
hospital.
The police has initially identified
the five people as residents from Kaifeng in China's central
province of Henan.
(CIIC 01/24/2001)
Falun Gong Followers Burned Themselves on Tiananmen Square on January 23, 2001
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