(Xinhua)
Updated: 2008-04-02 15:15

BEIJING  -- Tibetan students who were participating in the March 17 sit-in at the Central University for Nationalities in Beijing were worshipping peace for their families and the region, according to a school authority here on Wednesday.

"Those students were very reasonable and returned to their dormitories by midnight after talks with teachers," said Xerab Nyi'ma, the university's vice president and a Tibetan himself, during a press conference.

The students staged a sit-in at the school on the night of March 17 after the Lhasa riot. The silent gathering started at 7:30 p.m. at the Haidian District institution in northwestern Beijing.

Students earlier told Xinhua they were holding a "candlelight vigil".

No clashes between the participants and school authorities were reported.