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)