Tibet Exile Government Says 99 Killed In Protests

˝Confirmed, we have cross-checked the various reports,˝ Thubten Samphel, a spokesman for the government-in-exile, told Reuters.

The Tibetan government-in-exile has raised its confirmed death toll from clashes between Chinese authorities and Tibetan protesters to 99, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

"Confirmed, we have cross-checked the various reports," Thubten Samphel, a spokesman for the government-in-exile, told Reuters, adding that 19 Tibetans were killed in fresh protests on Tuesday.