Dalai Lama’s nephew killed by a car during Walk for Tibet

Jigme K. Norbu, 45, the nephew of the Dalai Lama, was killed yesterday, February 14, at 7:30 p.m. when he was struck by an SUV on State Road A1A some 480 kilometers from St. Augustine, Florida. Norbu was on a Walk for Tibet on a date that marked the 50th anniversary of the failed Tibetan rebellion against Chinese rule and his uncle’s resulting exile from Tibet. Read more coverage of this tragic event from The Globe & Mail and The Guardian.