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