China arrests 9 monks over Tibet bombing
Monday, April 14, 2008
CHINA has arrested nine Tibetan Buddhist monks for bombing a government building on March 23 amid simmering tension following widespread riots, state media said.
The bombing targetted a government building in the town of Gyanbe and was carried out by monks from the town's Tongxia monastery, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the Himalayan region's China-controlled police.
"Cewang Yexe, one of the suspects, brought a homemade bomb to the site on a motorcycle and moved it into the office building with the help of others. They detonated the bomb and ran away," the late Saturday report said.
Xinhua named Rinqen Jamcan, 27, a "ranking monk" at the monastery, as ringleader. All the suspects have confessed, it added.
However, state television later broadcast footage purported to show damage caused by the blast.
It showed a two-storey building with several windows broken and debris strewn about inside and in front of the building.
The report comes amid a relentless campaign by China to portray anti-Chinese rioting that erupted in Tibet and neighbouring regions last month as the work of violent agitators controlled by the Dalai Lama.
AFP
The bombing targetted a government building in the town of Gyanbe and was carried out by monks from the town's Tongxia monastery, Xinhua news agency said, quoting the Himalayan region's China-controlled police.
"Cewang Yexe, one of the suspects, brought a homemade bomb to the site on a motorcycle and moved it into the office building with the help of others. They detonated the bomb and ran away," the late Saturday report said.
Xinhua named Rinqen Jamcan, 27, a "ranking monk" at the monastery, as ringleader. All the suspects have confessed, it added.
However, state television later broadcast footage purported to show damage caused by the blast.
It showed a two-storey building with several windows broken and debris strewn about inside and in front of the building.
The report comes amid a relentless campaign by China to portray anti-Chinese rioting that erupted in Tibet and neighbouring regions last month as the work of violent agitators controlled by the Dalai Lama.
AFP
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