China arrests Tibetan monks on bombing charges

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China National News
Sunday 13th April, 2008

Nine Tibetan Buddhist monks have been taken away by Chinese police after being accused of bombing a building on March 23rd.

The bomb, which centred on a government building in the town of Gyanbe, was exploded at a time of extreme tension amid widespread riots.

The bomb was allegedly detonated by monks from the town's Tongxia monastery, Xinhua news agency said.

The Himalayan region's Chinese police say one of the suspects took a homemade bomb to the office building on his motorbike and remotely detonated it.

Rinqen Jamcan, 27, a monk has been named by the Chinese official media as ringleader.

Officials say all the other suspects have confessed.