Beijing family who set themselves on fire wanted compensation

Beijing: The governor of China's western region of Xinjiang says three people who set themselves on fire in downtown Beijing last month came to the city after their "unreasonable" demands for compensation for a lost home were not met.

Xinjiang Governor Nur Bekri told reporters at a news conference on the sidelines of the annual legislative session in Beijing on Friday the family's home was destroyed to make way for a school.

The couple and their son set fire to themselves on February 25 just several blocks from Tiananmen Square, at the southern end of the Wangfujing shopping street. The fire sparked alarm because it happened just several blocks from Tiananmen Square.

The three did not have life-threatening injuries.