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

Eye-witnesses said as many as 70 people attacked the houses, carrying weapons such as machetes, while some 400 by-standers watched.
A group of men from a village in central Burma destroyed a mosque in the first serious outburst of inter-religious violence in months.
Cavusoglu broke the Ramadan fast at sunset with local Muslims at a mosque in Aung Mingalar. Later, he spoke to members of the community.
Two men and three women are sentenced to 21 years with labour for circulating false claims that Muslims raped a Buddhist woman.
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…
A mosque, a home and a shop were vandalised as mob violence broke out again in central Burma on Saturday.