Tibetans riot in rural town, police seal area

Tibetans riot in rural town, police seal area

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The riot began after three Buddhist monks from the Baiga temple in Tibet’s Naqu district got into a scuffle with the shopowner. When police arrested the monks, but not the shopowner, anger flared.

“The Han owner, he attacked the monks first,” the Beijing-based source, familiar with Tibetan affairs, said of the incident which happened last week.

The monks were taken from the local police station to the county Public Security Bureau, where they claimed they were beaten...

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Monks being attacked? That won't lead to a good cause. Especially being beaten by the cops afterwards. Wow, they even had to cut the telephone wires. Were these drastic measures maybe a tad bid to drastic?

Any ideas or comments on this would be appreciated.

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