China says Tibetan rioters killed 13 "innocent civilians" during violent protests against Chinese rule in Lhasa, and it has denied using lethal force to quell the unrest.
"They either burned or hacked to death 13 innocent civilians," the chairman of Tibet's Government, Qiangba Puncog, told reporters.
Tibet's government-in-exile said on the weekend that 80 Tibetans had been confirmed killed, and that possibly more than 100 had died.
Mr Qiangba insisted Chinese security forces had not used lethal force or fired any gunshots, contradicting the eyewitness accounts of foreign tourists who were in the city at the time.
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