23. Apr 2009
Ten Tibetans held for police station bombing
(Tibet.net) A group of around 70 People's Armed Police (PAP) and regular police carried out a raid of houses in Gangru village, Pogurshi township in Bathang (Chin: Batang) county, Kardze TAP to locate possible suspects in the bombing of a local police station in early March 2009, according to Tibet.net. It said the officials had vowed not leave the area without arresting at least ten Tibetans. At around the time the bombing took place, banners had appeared in the area, containing slogans such as "Chinese go out of Tibet" and "Tibet belongs to Tibetans" in both Chinese and Tibetan. The police reportedly came to arrest four Tibetan suspects who managed to escape.