{"id":19278,"date":"2008-04-14T00:43:42","date_gmt":"2008-04-14T07:43:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/04\/china-arrests-nine-monks-for-bomb-attack-in-tibet\/"},"modified":"2008-04-14T14:19:36","modified_gmt":"2008-04-14T21:19:36","slug":"china-arrests-nine-monks-for-bomb-attack-in-tibet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/04\/china-arrests-nine-monks-for-bomb-attack-in-tibet\/","title":{"rendered":"China Arrests Nine Monks for Bomb Attack in Tibet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/04\/xiahe.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"180\" alt=\"xiahe.jpg\" class=\"imageframe imgalignleft\" \/>In more of what Michael Manning of The Opposite End of China <a href=\"http:\/\/china.notspecial.org\/archives\/2008\/04\/new_old_news.html\">has taken to calling &#8220;breaking old news,&#8221;<\/a> Chinese authorities have announced they arrested nine monks for bombing a government building in Tibet last month. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/world\/2008\/apr\/14\/china.tibet\">From the Guardian<\/a>: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The state-run Xinhua news agency alleged that the monks from the Tongxia monastery &#8211; around 850 miles east of Lhasa &#8211; fled after their homemade bomb exploded in Gyanbe township but later confessed to planting it. There was no mention of casualties or damage.<\/p>\n<p>An official with the local Public Security Bureau told the Associated Press that six monks had been detained for allegedly planting the bomb on March 23 and three for shielding the suspects and covering up their crimes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>No other concrete details are available. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In more of what Michael Manning of The Opposite End of China has taken to calling &#8220;breaking old news,&#8221; Chinese authorities have announced they arrested nine monks for bombing a government building in Tibet last month. 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