[Buddha-l] tibetan bombing

[Dan Lusthaus]

If a bomb goes off and the police spokesman says he never heard of it, did 
it make a sound?

Reuters report in NYTimes online:

Government Building in Tibet Hit by Blast: Report
By REUTERS
Published: October 27, 2011 at 10:42 PM ET

BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese government building in a remote part of tense 
Tibet was hit by an explosion, leaving no injuries but adding to tensions 
after a string of self-immolation protests, an overseas radio service said 
late Thursday. Radio Free Asia, based in Washington, said a bomb blast 
struck a township government building Wednesday in Changdu, Tibet. In the 
early dawn hours of October 26, there was an explosion in a local government 
building," the radio service said on its website, citing an unnamed member 
of the Tibetan exile parliament, which is based in India. It said he spoke 
on condition of anonymity.

"No casualties were reported," he said, according to the report. "This could 
be because no one stays in the building overnight. Walls of the building had 
also been painted with slogans in red calling for independence for Tibet, 
and leaflets had been scattered in the area."

The area was now under heavy security it said.

Chinese state-run media carried no word of the reported incident. Repeated 
calls to government offices in Changdu -- called Chamdo by Tibetans -- went 
unanswered and a police officer there said he had not heard of any blast.

If confirmed, the incident could add to tensions in ethnic Tibetan areas, 
where many locals resent the presence of the Chinese government and its 
controls on their Tibetan Buddhist religion.

rest of the story at http://tinyurl.com/42bsp2n

Dan