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ABC News - Respected British Tibetan Monk Killed in SW China. Adevarul - Călugărul tibetan care a înfiinţat primul lăcaş de cult budist din Marea Britanie a fost ucis. Akong, în vârstă de 73 de ani, care a locuit în Marea Britanie încă din 1963, a fondat prima mănăstire budistă din Vest, care găzduieşte în jur de 60 de călugări.

Adevarul - Călugărul tibetan care a înfiinţat primul lăcaş de cult budist din Marea Britanie a fost ucis

Potrivit unei declaraţii a forţelor de ordine din oraşul chinez Chengdu, Choje Akong Rinpoche, nepotul şi şoferul călugărului budist au fost omorâţi în timp ce se aflau într-o zonă rezidenţială. Primele dovezi arată că cei trei suspecţi, toţi tibetani, i-au înjunghiat, disputa având loc din cauza banilor. „Corpul lui Rinpoche a fost dus la spital. Acestea sunt toate veştile pe care le ştiu momentan. Dacă o sa primesc veşti în continuare, vă anunţ”, se anunţă pe pagina de web Samye Ling. În ultimii ani, Rinpoche a creat nişte legături strânse cu guvernul chinez şi a putut să călătorească în ţară şi să supervizeze şcoli şi programe medicale create de fundaţia sa de caritate, ROKPA Foundation. Eskdalemuir monastery founder Akong Rinpoche killed in China.

8 October 2013Last updated at 13:00 ET.

Eskdalemuir monastery founder Akong Rinpoche killed in China

Dumfries & Galloway Standard - UK monastery monk 'killed in China' Heartache as cop Atholl drops dead at the gym Texas (band) Former Lockerbie Academy pupil Atholl was found unconscious in the gym at the Hawera police station, New Zealand on Sunday night.

Dumfries & Galloway Standard - UK monastery monk 'killed in China'

Herald (Scotland) - Monk behind first Buddhist monastery in Scotland killed. Dr Choje Akong Rinpoche was stabbed along with his nephew and their driver in Chengdu, following what Chinese police are saying was a dispute over money. He was the abbot and director of the Samye Ling Monastery in Eskdalemuir, Dumfries and ­Galloway, Europe's biggest and oldest Tibetan religious centre. Police in Chengdu say the ­killings took place in a residential area and three men, all Tibetans, have been arrested in connection with the deaths. A statement posted by his brother, Lama Yeshe Rinpoche, on the monastery's website said the victims had been "assassinated". It said: "To all dear friends of Samye Ling and Choje Akong Rinpoche, I am very, very sorry to inform you all that, tragically, my brother Choje Akong Rinpoche, my nephew and one monk who was travelling with them were all assassinated in Chengdu today.

"Rinpoche's body has been taken to hospital where a post-mortem will be carried out. "I hope that all of his visions and aspirations may continue to be fulfilled. " ITV - Tributes paid to killed monks. Tributes have started coming in for one of the founders of the Samye Ling centre, Choje Akong Rinpoche, who has reportedly been killed in China.

ITV - Tributes paid to killed monks

The head of the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu Lineage sent this message: Akong Tulku has been my friend from the time I was seven. A social activist, he showed great kindness to Tibet by founding schools and hospitals, printing old texts, and helping many people. "Thus I am shocked to hear that he along with two others has been taken from us so suddenly. I would like to offer my condolences to his family members, everyone at Samye Ling Monastery, the Rokpa Foundation, and all the persons involved in his projects in Tibet as well as to all of the students whose lives he touched.

. – The Gyalwang Karmapa, head of the 900-year-old Karma Kagyu Lineage In 1967 Akong Rinpoche and Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche founded the first Tibetan Buddhist Centre in the west, the Kaygu Samye Ling centre. Weather: Looking ahead Guitars made for the rich and famous in Penrith. Radio Free Asia [RFA] - Lama Who Helped Spread Tibetan Buddhism to the West Murdered. Updated at 10:35 a.m.

Radio Free Asia [RFA] - Lama Who Helped Spread Tibetan Buddhism to the West Murdered

EST on 2013-10-09. The Telegraph - Monk who founded first Tibetan Buddhist monastery in UK killed. The Telegraph (Scotland) - Founder of first Buddhist monastery in UK stabbed to death in China. Terra - Respetado monje británico es asesinado en China. 09 de octubre de 2013 • 12:17 AM Un conocido monje tibetano de Gran Bretaña fue asesinado a puñaladas en China por una disputa financiera y hay tres personas detenidas, informaron el miércoles las autoridades chinas.

Terra - Respetado monje británico es asesinado en China

La policía local indicó que tres tibetanos confrontaron el martes a Tarap Shetrup Akong en su casa en la ciudad de Chengdu, en el suroeste, y lo mataron a él, a su sobrino y a su chofer después de que las negociaciones se estropearon. La policía de Chengdu agregó que los detenidos admitieron los asesinatos y el caso sigue bajo investigación.

La embajada británica no estaba disponible por el momento para hacer comentarios. Akong Rinpoche, quien fue nombrado así por su respetado estatus en la comunidad budista tibetana, cofundó el Monasterio Kagyu Samye Ling en Escocia. AP - The Associated Press. Este material no puede ser copiado, transmitido, reformado o redistribuido. The Times - Scottish Buddhist leader killed in China.