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Beijing: China set a "surrender" deadline after riots in Lhasa that it said killed 10 innocent people, launching a crackdown on Saturday after the worst unrest in Tibet for two decades.
The response came after torrid protests on Friday which defied official claims the region was immune from unrest as Beijing readies to hold the Olympic Games in August.
"Criminals who do not surrender themselves by the deadline will be sternly punished according to the law," stated the notice on the Tibetan government website. It added that those who "harbour or hide" them also face harsh treatment.
Tibetan law-and-order departments offered leniency for rioters who turned themselves in by Monday midnight.
Reports said 10 "innocent civilians" were shot or burnt to death in fires that accompanied street clashes in the remote, mountain capital on Friday. It said no foreigners died, and the dead included two people killed with shotguns.
Meanwhile, dozens of protesters in India launched a new march to Tibet on Saturday. As well as protests in New Delhi, demonstations also take place in cities all over the world, including New York, Sydney, London and Kathmandu.
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