Sectarian Violence Continues In Myanmar

Myanmar Villages Burned In Deadly Religious Violence -- L.A. Times

THANDWE, Myanmar -- At least five people have been killed and hundreds displaced in the latest wave of religious violence in Myanmar.

Muslims near the coastal town of Thandwe said they spent Tuesday night hiding in forests as mobs of Buddhist men armed with machetes stormed a string of villages, burning mosques and any home not marked with a Buddhist flag.

By Wednesday, the military had moved in to stop the violence. Officers spent the day combing through still-smoldering buildings and hauling away the bodies of five slain Muslims.

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More News On The Growing Sectarian Violence In Myanmar

Sectarian bloodshed grips Myanmar -- Al Jazeera
Violence forces Myanmar President Thein Sein to cancel stop at Thandwe -- UPI
Myanmar Town Locked Down After Violence; President Cancels Stop -- Wall Street Journal
Myanmar Muslims Hide Amid Deadly Sectarian Clashes -- NPR/AP
Fear grips western Myanmar after five Muslims killed -- Times of India/AFP
Myanmar security forces battle to quell deadly sectarian unrest -- Reuters
Myanmar Town Locked Down After Violence; President Continues Trip -- Wall Street Journal
Presidential visit does little to quell religious strife in Myanmar -- Christian Science Monitor/AP
Violence rocks western Myanmar as president visits -- AFP
U.S. monitoring violence in Myanmar -- UPI
US: Burma Must Do More to Stop Anti-Muslim Violence -- Voice of America