In March 2008, in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, the bodies of Tibetans who had been shot were left lying in the streets. Bullet holes were visible in the chests and jaws of the deceased, who were wrapped in blankets and mourned on the roadside.

 　In March 2008, in Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture, the bodies of shot Tibetans were left lying in the streets. The dead had clear bullet holes in their chests and jaws, and were mourned on the streets wrapped in blankets. The Chinese government has still not acknowledged the shooting of Tibetans.

　　Chinese military forces suppressed Tibetan protests. On March 16, 2008, Tibetans threw money into a prayer offering for protesters shot dead by police in Aba County, Sichuan Province. Chinese military forces deployed soldiers into the streets of Lhasa, detained numerous people, and suppressed demonstrations in Tibet after warning that harsher punishments awaited those who continued protesting.

　　Chinese military forces entered Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province, China, following unrest by Tibetans. Hundreds of troops from the People's Liberation Army and large numbers of armed police conducted house-to-house searches of Tibetan residences. On March 16 in Aba County, approximately 200 Tibetans threw Molotov cocktails at a police station, causing the building to burn down. The India-based NGO, the Tibet Center for Democracy and Human Rights, reported a total of 15 deaths from clashes with security forces in Aba County. The Chinese government declared the annexation of the Tibetan Plateau in 1949. Military deployments to Tibet occurred during the 1950s. The 14th Dalai Lama was accused of treason in 1959 and fled into exile in Dharamsala, India.