Buddhists mobs in Burma have reportedly torched a mosque, orphanage and several shops in a northern city, as anti-Muslim clashes continue.
The violence occurred in the town of Lashio, hundreds of miles away from the cities which saw ethnic violence earlier this year, indicating the spreading anti-Muslim sentiment throughout the country. Last year, almost 200 people died and 140,000 were displaced after violence between Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslims in the state of Rakhine.
The New York Times quoted a foreign student in Burma as saying she saw police not confronting rioters , and groups of men gathering ‘'shouting, cheering and singing Burmese nationalist songs”.
See below for a video from DVB TV
The violence occurred in the town of Lashio, hundreds of miles away from the cities which saw ethnic violence earlier this year, indicating the spreading anti-Muslim sentiment throughout the country. Last year, almost 200 people died and 140,000 were displaced after violence between Buddhists and the Rohingya Muslims in the state of Rakhine.
The New York Times quoted a foreign student in Burma as saying she saw police not confronting rioters , and groups of men gathering ‘'shouting, cheering and singing Burmese nationalist songs”.
See below for a video from DVB TV
