Police have seized nine suspects allegedly responsible for the bombing of a Tibetan township government building, the Tibet Autonomous Regional Department of Social Security said on Saturday.
The bombing occurred at 3:50?AM on March 23 at the Gyanbe Township, Konjo County, Qambo Prefecture.
Local police cracked the case on April 6 and apprehended the suspects headed by 27-year-old ring leader Rinqen Jamcan.
Cewang Yexe, one of the suspects, brought a homemade bomb with a motorcycle to the site and moved it into the office building with the help of others. They detonated the bomb and ran away.
Rinqen Jamcan is a ranking monk in the Tongxia Monastery in the town, while the other eight are monks from the temple. The suspects confessed to the crime.
(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2008)