Gansu monk rioters surrender to police

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Source: CCTV.com | 04-17-2008 19:19

Two monks who participated in the Gansu Province riot on March 18 have surrendered to local authorities.

Two monks who participated in the Gansu Province riot on March 18 have surrendered to local authorities.

An investigation revealed the two were of the Tibetan ethnic group. Garzang Samdain was born in 1971, and Garzang Samzhou in 1980. They were from the Goinba Monastery in Zho'nyin County in Gansu province.

Under the influence of the March 14 Lhasa riots and a handful of instigators, Garzang Samdain and Garzang Samzhou and about 200 other monks attacked local police stations, government offices and schools.

During the riot, they destroyed 76 rooms in the buildings they ransacked, smashed 31 computers and 40 televisions, as well as one car, 17 motorcycles and a farm vehicle. The economic loss amounted to about 7.5 million yuan.

Editor:Zhang Ning