Communal unrest spreads sequentially to Muslims in Yamethin, Burma

Source Mayu Press, 24 Mar

 

by Mohamed Farooq
On 23 March, 2013 at about 8 PM, the complete Ywar Tan village in Yamethin had been burnt down into ashes by Buddhist rioters. Zaygone Mosque in Ywar Than village had been set on fire. They had burnt down some Muslim youths alive with pouring kerosene to their bodies.

One Mosque and 50 houses were torched up. The campaign racists resumed to attack Muslims at 5 PM yesterday, the stormy assaults carried out at night. The Buddhist thugs also vandalized Muslim shops in the market and looted properties. They had obliterated some of their own Buddhist storage goods and shops.
The new conflict has been connected with Meiktila violence led by 969 Buddhist campaign and extremist Buddhists.

Details of Muslims refugee rising in numbers:
1. Football stadium = 2,342
2. Number 1 High School = 3,620
3. Education College = 1,361
4. Number 5 High School = 875
5. Number 3 High School = 1,443
Total= 9,641

The total displaced quantity of Burmese Muslims is 9,641. Moreover, there are hundreds of Muslim refugees in other localities too.