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    Mob attacks Muslim homes in Taungdwingyi as police guard mosque
    September 11, 2017in Communal Violence, Lead Story, Magwe, News306by DVB
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    Mob attacks Muslim homes in Taungdwingyi as police guard mosque

    Eye-witnesses said as many as 70 people attacked the houses, carrying weapons such as machetes, while some 400 by-standers watched.

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    Mosque destroyed in central Burma
    June 24, 2016in Communal Violence, Lead Story, News374by REUTERS & DVB
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    Mosque destroyed in central Burma

    A group of men from a village in central Burma destroyed a mosque in the first serious outburst of inter-religious violence in months.

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    Turkish FM meets Rohingyas in Sittwe
    June 14, 2016in Communal Violence, Lead Story, News, Rohingya64by DVB
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    Turkish FM meets Rohingyas in Sittwe

    Cavusoglu broke the Ramadan fast at sunset with local Muslims at a mosque in Aung Mingalar. Later, he spoke to members of the community.

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    Five jailed for false rape claims that ignited Mandalay riots
    March 19, 2015in Communal Violence, Lead Story, Mandalay Division, News344by DVB
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    Five jailed for false rape claims that ignited Mandalay riots

    Two men and three women are sentenced to 21 years with labour for circulating false claims that Muslims raped a Buddhist woman.

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    7 sentenced to 7 years each for Taunggup lynchings: DPA
    October 27, 2014in Arakan, Communal Violence, Lead Story, News1by DVB
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    7 sentenced to 7 years each for Taunggup lynchings: DPA

    An Arakanese court has sentenced seven Buddhists each to seven years in jail over the killing of 10 Muslim pilgrims in an attack on a passenger bus in 2012, according…

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    September 22, 2014in Communal Violence, Lead Story, News, Religion, Video129by DVB
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    Myit Chae mob ransacks mosque after domestic servant’s dispute

    A mosque, a home and a shop were vandalised as mob violence broke out again in central Burma on Saturday.

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