Mosque and orphanage attacked in Myanmar violence
- 11 years ago
Myanmar's government has called for calm after mobs burned down a Muslim orphanage, a mosque and shops during a new eruption of religious violence in the northeastern Shan state.
Authorities imposed a curfew late on Tuesday in Lashio, about 700km northeast of Yangon, after a mob of 200 local residents surrounded a local police station demanding they hand over a Muslim detainee.
Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Yongon.
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Authorities imposed a curfew late on Tuesday in Lashio, about 700km northeast of Yangon, after a mob of 200 local residents surrounded a local police station demanding they hand over a Muslim detainee.
Al Jazeera's Wayne Hay reports from Yongon.
To read more about this story, click here: http://aje.me/13Y1Bc0