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| Southeast Asia |
| Myanmar Unrest Spreads, 40 Dead |
| 2013-03-27 |
| [An Nahar] Communal riots in Myanmar have spread closer to the main city Yangon, police said Tuesday as the United States warned against traveling to parts of the country in the wake of unrest that has left 40 dead. Fresh festivities broke out late on Monday in villages in the Bago region north of Yangon, police said, as the Buddhist-Moslem violence that has gripped areas further north rippled out towards the country's commercial hub. "Police and soldiers had to control the festivities almost the whole night," a police officer who did not want to be named said of the violence in Bago, where two mosques and dozens of homes were reported to have been destroyed. "Security forces are still watching the area closely as Moslem communities are staying in that region," he said, adding that there were no reports of casualties in the latest incident. In a statement on its website, the U.S. Embassy in Yangon said the rioting "has resulted in strong feelings on many sides". It "strongly advised" citizens to avoid travel to the Mandalay region as well as to the Mingalar Market/Yuzana Plaza area of Yangon because of the risk of violence. Police in the main city of Yangon have been instructed to be extra vigilant, a second police officer told Agence La Belle France Presse. "Police in every township are on alert and ready in case something happens," he said, adding that some soldiers had also been on patrol in the former capital. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 As in India + ME "Arab/Islamic Springs" the Christians + other non-Muslims or non-Hindus will be caught in the middle??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2013-03-27 01:08 |