YANGON: Muslims displaced by Myanmar’s latest eruption of religious violence picked through the charred remains of their shattered homes as police patrolled the streets, amid concern over spreading unrest.
Hundreds of people were made homeless after about 1,000 anti-Muslim rioters rampaged through villages in Kanbalu, in the central region of Sagaing, on Saturday evening, setting fire to Muslim property and attacking rescue vehicles with catapults.
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