BEIJING, March 22 (Reuters) - Eighteen civilians and a
policeman were killed in anti-Chinese rioting that rocked the
Tibetan capital of Lhasa last week, the regional government
said.
 

The official death toll in the violence, which China has
blamed on the region's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama,
had been 13. Exiled Tibetans say as many as 100 people died.
 

Tibetans in China's tense southwestern province of Sichuan
said they believed police had killed several people in
anti-Chinese riots there this week, disputing official claims
that none died.
 

The unrest has alarmed China, keen to look its best in the
run-up to the Aug. 8-24 Olympic Games in Beijing when it hopes
to show the world that it has arrived as a world power.
 

In the rioting in Lhasa, "241 police officers were injured,
23 critically, and one police officer was killed by the mob,"
the government in a statement carried by Xinhua.
 

The number of injured civilian rose to 382 from 325. Some
58 were seriously wounded.
 

Police in Tibet issued a notice last Saturday, urging
rioters to give themselves up. The number had climbed to 183 by
Friday.
 

The Public Security Bureau of Lhasa has issued a "most
wanted" list for 21 suspects and posted their pictures on the
Internet.
 

Tensions remain high in Tibet, Sichuan and other
neighbouring areas where the government has poured in troops.