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Over 60 "pro-Tibet independence" activists arrested for trying to
storm Chinese embassy in New Delhi
www.chinaview.cn 2008-04-16 23:53:21 Print
NEW DELHI, April 16 (Xinhua) -- Some 63 "pro-Tibet independence
"activists were arrested on Wednesday for trying to storm the Chinese
Embassy in New Delhi ahead of the arrival of the Olympic flame in the
city.
About 100 "pro-Tibet independence" activists waved flags of the so-
called "Tibetan government-in-exile" and some tried to scale the walls
of the Chinese embassy, India's Asia News Service re****ted.
The activists, under the banner of "Tibetan Youth Congress," had a
minor scuffle with security forces, the re****t said.
"We have detained 63 Tibetan activists for staging a protest in
the restricted area," said a policeman.
Security at the Chinese embassy has been fortified for almost a
month.
Fearing a recurrence of the disturbances that marred the torch
relay in London and Paris, paramilitary forces and thousands of
policemen have been posted along the two-km torch route from the
presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan to the war memorial India Gate.
Some Tibetan separatists who had been camping in the city ahead of
the Olympic torch relay on Thursday have re****tedly gone missing,
"probably to stage surprise attacks", said an intelligence official.
Sup****ters of the Dalai Lama have organized attacks on Chinese
embassies and consulates in several countries including the United
States, Canada, India, Britain, France, Germany, Belgium, the
Netherlands, Switzerland and Australia.
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