From AP:
Rioters in Chinese-ruled Tibet destroyed shops and government offices following a dispute between Buddhist monks and a local shopkeeper, the government’s news agency reported Wednesday.
Seven people were arrested over the Nov. 20 clashes, the Xinhua News Agency said. Among those arrested, it said, were two monks accused of robbing a motorcycle maintenance shop on Nov. 19 in the town of Paingar and five others detained for “fanning the riot” the day after the monks’ arrest.
Xinhua gave no reason for the eight-day delay in reporting the riot. Paingar is remote ” about 190 miles northeast of Tibet’s capital, Lhasa ” and disturbances in the often restive Himalayan region are deemed politically sensitive by the communist government. [Full Text]
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