FILE PHOTO: A burnt house is seen in a village in Maungdaw in the north of Rakhine state in Myanmar, September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer/File Photo
YANGON/SITTWE (Reuters) - Buddhists in Myanmar on Wednesday blocked aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Rakhine State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has already displaced hundreds of thousands.
More than 600,000 of Myanmar's largely stateless Rohingya minority have crossed to Bangladesh since Aug. 25 attacks by Rohingya militants sparked a military crackdown beset by allegations of killings, rape and arson by security forces.
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