Myanmar's Suu Kyi says international attention fuelling divisions in north

Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi (L) delivers a speech during a luncheon organised by Japanese business and economic associations in Tokyo, Japan November 4, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

SINGAPORE/SITTWE, Myanmar (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi accused the international community on Friday of stoking resentment between Buddhists and Muslims in the country's northwest, where an army crackdown has killed at least 86 people and sent 10,000 fleeing to Bangladesh.

Suu Kyi appealed for understanding of her nation's ethnic complexities, and said the world should not forget the military operation was launched in response to attacks on security forces that the government has blamed on Muslim insurgents.