Violence flares between Burma's Buddhists, Muslims
By News Wires the 25/10/2012 - 17:49

At least 56 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 homes have been destroyed 
since renewed violence erupted on Sunday between Buddhist and Muslim 
communities in western Rakhine state, Burmese officials said Thursday.

At least 56 people have been killed and nearly 2,000 homes destroyed in the 
latest outbreak of ethnic violence in western Myanmar, a government official 
said Thursday.

The 25 men and 31 women were reported dead in four Rakhine state townships in 
violence between the Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities that 
re-erupted Sunday, local government spokesman Win Myaing said. He said some 
1,900 homes had been burned down in fresh conflict. In June, ethnic violence in 
the state left at least 90 people dead and destroyed more than 3,000 homes. 
Tens of thousands of people remain in refugee camps.

The United Nations has called for calm Thursday in response to the new violence.

"The U.N. is gravely concerned about reports of a resurgence of inter-communal 
conflict in several areas in Rakhine State -- which has resulted in deaths and 
has forced thousands of people, including women and children, to flee their 
homes," U.N.

Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Myanmar Ashok Nigam said in a 
statement.
Nigam said the United Nations was appealing for "immediate and unconditional 
access to all communities in accordance with humanitarian principles."

The statement said large numbers of people fleeing the new violence were headed 
for already overcrowded refugee camps currently housing about 75,000 people 
previously made homeless.

"Short term humanitarian support and action towards long term solutions are 
urgently required to address the root causes of the conflict," said the 
statement.

The unrest is some of the worst reported in the region since June, after 
clashes were set off by the alleged rape and murder of a Buddhist woman by 
three Muslim men in late May.

Tensions still simmer in part because the government has failed to find any 
long-term solution to the crisis other than segregating the two communities in 
some areas.

(AP)
Source URL: 
http://www.france24.com/en/20121025-violence-flares-between-burma-buddhists-muslims-rakhine-rohingya-clashes-myanmar




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