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Agence France-Presse in Yangon

Two people including a Buddhist monk were killed and at least three mosques were destroyed after riots broke out in a town in central Myanmar, police said on Thursday.
Around 200 people fought in the streets after an argument in a Muslim-owned gold shop turned violent in Meiktila on Wednesday, according to a post on Myanmar Police Force’s Facebook page.

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“One injured monk and Than Myint Naing, 26, who were being treated for their injuries died from their burns at hospital,” it said.
Police imposed a curfew from evening to early morning to control the situation.
“People tried to burn down the mosques,” one local police officer said.
The unrest comes amid heightened concerns over Muslim-Buddhist relations in Myanmar, where communal conflict in the western state of Rakhine has left at least 180 people dead and more than 110,000 displaced since June last year.
An initial report on the police Facebook page late Wednesday said anger spread after one man was injured during the row in the gold shop.
The report said a mob then descended on the area and destroyed some buildings.
It said six people were hospitalised, and that the Buddhist monk and a Muslim man later died from their injuries. A subsequent police report omitted the religion of the second man.
 


Two dead, mosques destroyed in Myanmar unrest

Buddhist monks and supporters in Myanmar. Two people including a Buddhist monk were killed and at least three mosques destroyed after rioting in central Myanmar, police confirmed on Thursday.

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