Tibetans speak about experiences in Lhasa

"The rioters turned my home into ruins, leaving me and my son homeless," Yangjain said, tearfully.

The 48-year-old Tibetan woman stood in the burned-out husk of her three-room apartment and surveyed the damage. The apartment was in Chomsigkang, one of the communities that sustained the most damage during the two-day riots that broke out in Lhasa on March 14.

Rioters looted and vandalized shops run by Han and Hui civilians, and assaulted Han and Hui civilians and other minorities - but not foreigners - with stones, sticks, fists and feet.