CCTV reported on March 25 that according to officials from Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, at around 4:30 p.m. on the 24th local time, a group of lawbreakers armed with knives and stones attacked the armed police soldiers who were on duty there. Wang Guochuan, an armed police soldier from Sichuan Province, unfortunately died in the conflict, and several armed police soldiers were injured. The police was forced to fire warning shots to disperse these lawbreakers. Local officials said that this incident is under investigation.