16 Tibetans held on bombing charges

Sixteen Buddhist monks have been arrested for allegedly triggering explosions in Qamdo prefecture of the Tibet autonomous region.

Chogyal, Tenphel and three other monks of the Wese Monastery allegedly hatched a plot on April 3 to attack key establishments in Mangkam county.

At 11:25 pm on April 5, Tenphel and the other three allegedly triggered a blast in a transformer in Gartog township, police said. Chogyal had provided the explosives, detonators and fuses. The five were arrested on May 13.