A Fire in the Night: The Dalai Lama’s Representative in South Africa Targeted Again

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A night attack in Centurion leaves the Tibetan envoy fleeing through shattered glass. The second assault in three months deepens fears of a political message delivered through fire.

by Massimo Introvigne

There are nights when violence speaks more clearly than any communiqué. Late on October 14, 2026, in the quiet suburb of Lyttelton Manor, Centurion, not far from Pretoria, flames rose from the residence and office of Dhundup Gyalpo, the representative of His Holiness the Dalai Lama in South Africa. The fire did not begin with an electrical fault or a careless candle. It began, according to the first reconstruction, with petrol bombs hurled at the building shortly after 11:15 p.m., shattering windows and turning a diplomatic outpost into a scene of devastation.

Inside, Gyalpo awoke to the unmistakable sound of breaking glass. Smoke was already thickening the air. The corridor that should have led him to safety had become a tunnel of fire. ...

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