2013 Anti-Muslim Riots in Central Burma
Tensions flare up into violent clashes between Muslims and majority Buddhists in Meiktila from March 20 to 22, 2013 killing at least 40 people and wounded 61. On March 25, communal rioting targets Muslim houses and mosques spreads to the towns of Othekone, Tatkone and Yamenthin. At least 9,000 residents were documented to have been displaced by the violence . On April, the BBC provided a video showing police officers standing while rioters torch houses and businesses in Meiktila. The video also shows the brutal killing of at least two people by the rioters, which included Buddhist monks.
On 30 April, 400 Buddhists armed with bricks and sticks overran mosques and torched more than 100 homes in Okkan, killing one person and injuring at least nine.
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