Olympic torch completes Tibet relay leg
The Olympic torch has wound through the streets of Tibet’s capital Lhasa, the site of a March crackdown on rioting that helped fuel demonstrations at some of the flame’s international stops.
Tight security accompanied the flame over its three-hour journey through the historic city, a day after officials announced additional sentences handed down over March’s deadly anti-government rioting.
The roughly six-mile run began at Norbulingka, the Dalai Lama’s former summer palace from where Tibet’s traditional Buddhist leader fled into exile in 1959.
It ended at a vast square at the base of the hilltop Potala Palace, the traditional seat of Tibetan rulers.
Hundreds of police and paramilitary troops lined the route. Onlookers, who had been carefully screened beforehand, waved flags and chanted “go China”.
