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Murder in the Snow tells of young Tibetans who risk their lives each year to illegally cross the rugged Himalaya Mountains in an attempt to see their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, or attend school in India.

It is a dangerous journey. In September 2006, more than 70 young people travelled for three nights in the back of a truck as it drove up towards the mountains.

The refugees then walked for 10 more nights, with inadequate clothing and limited food and water, to the base of the infamous 6000-metre Nangpa Pass, an ancient trade route to Nepal.

Among those who paid their hard-earned savings to illegal mountain-guides, were teenage farm girls Dolma Palki and her best friend Kelsang Namtso.

As the pilgrims picked their way up the snow-covered pass, a group of mountain climbers watched in horror from a nearby camp as the Chinese border police opened fire on the refugees.

The story broke around the world when American mountain guide, Luis Benitez, e-mailed his account of the shooting to a popular climbing website.

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