The rioting was sparked Tuesday by reports that a Muslim man had splashed gasoline on a Buddhist woman and set her on fire. The man was arrested and the woman was hospitalized with horrific burns as seen in the video below.
Bismarck Tribune (h/t Maria J) Hundreds of Buddhist men on motorcycles, screaming and waving iron rods and sticks, roamed the streets of a town in northeastern Myanmar on Wednesday in a new wave of violence targeting Muslims. At least one person died and four others were injured, state television said.
Nay Win, aged 48, (photo below) was chasing after Aye Aye Win, 24, trying to douse her with fuel. At that time, the woman was at her petrol shop near the township maternal and child welfare association office by the Union Highway. Nay Win is the Indian-Chinese man of Islamic faith while Aye Aye Win is the Chinese-Myanmar woman of Buddhist faith. The woman tried to run but was caught and doused with the fuel by the man, who was later beaten by angry local people from nearby areas.
A mosque, a Muslim school and other buildings were burned in the two days of rioting. Many Muslims stayed locked inside their homes and shops remained shuttered in Lashio town, near the border with China, the latest region to fall prey to the country’s spreading religious violence.
The flare-up in Lashio reinforced doubts that President Thein Sein’s government can or will act to contain the violence and crack down on racial and religious intolerance.
Mobs took revenge by burning down the mosque and other buildings on Tuesday, but caused no reported casualties. Calm appeared to return as troops were deployed on the streets and authorities banned gatherings of more than five people and imposed an overnight curfew. But on Wednesday several hundred angry young men drove motorcycles through Lashio’s downtown area. A Buddhist monk was seated on the back of one of the motorcycles, waving a stick.
On another street, a crowd threw rocks at buildings. Smoke billowed in another area, and local politician Sai Myint Maung said a movie theater had been burned and there were rumors that more troublemakers were gathered on the outskirts of the town.
Wary Muslims hid in their homes, fearing the kind of brutal violence that claimed dozens of lives earlier this year in other parts of the country, and the large-scale attacks that killed hundreds in western Myanmar last year. “I never expected that such racial violence would erupt in Lashio,” Sai Myint Maung said. “Our small town is multiethnic and we have lived in peace for a long time.”
A local freelance journalist was attacked as he photographed a mob ransacking some shops. “The mob accused me of recording their act and asked me to surrender the camera. I handed over the memory card and I was hit on my head with an iron pipe, causing a gash on my head,” Khun Zaw Oo said. He said he managed to flee but a companion also holding a camera was attacked and badly injured.
State TV said a 48-year-old man had been arrested for throwing gasoline on a 24-year-old Buddhist woman and setting her on fire. It identified the man as an Indian Muslim but did not explain the reason for the attack. The man was charged with causing grievous injuries and arson, as well as drug possession due to stimulants found in his pocket, the TV report said. The woman was being treated for burns on her chest, back and hands.
Army officers stand guard outside a burned mosque in Lashio
National police said nine people were arrested for involvement in the two days of violence, but didn’t say if they were Buddhists or Muslims. The sectarian violence first flared in western Rakhine state last year, when hundreds of people died in clashes between Buddhists and Muslims that drove about 140,000 others, mostly Muslims, from their homes. Most are still living in refugee camps.
This month, authorities in two areas of Rakhine announced a regulation limiting Rohingya families to two children. The policy drew sharp criticism from Muslim leaders, rights groups and opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi. U.S. State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell on Tuesday said the U.S. opposes coercive birth limitation policies, and called on Myanmar “to eliminate all such policies without delay.”
The clashes had seemed confined to the Rakhine region, but in late March, similar Buddhist-led violence swept the town of Meikthila in central Myanmar, killing at least 43 people. Earlier this month, a court sentenced seven Muslims from Meikthila to prison terms for their role in the violence.
Several other towns in central Myanmar experienced less deadly violence, mostly involving the torching of Muslim businesses and mosques. Thein Sein’s administration, which came to power in 2011 after half a century of military rule, has been heavily criticized for not doing enough to protect Muslims.
I am from a Muslim family. I was just browsing about various site in particular relevant to Myanmar. Having read all of your comments, I have to acknowledge Islam actually IS the religion of horror, disgrace, terrorism, deprivations, violence. That is the reason why I have accepted Buddhism.
Love Myanmar very much and wish the Myanmar people to win, be strong in cohesion. Wherever Islam comes – massacres, cries, fire, rapes, assaults, wars, terrorist actions immediately occur, a weird thing!
A religion is supposed to teach the GOOD. After all this the Muslims get astonished whenever being blamed for their cruelty.
Islam and its followers must be stopped. They have to understand that the WORLD is not gonna step back to lose human values. The Muslims are still living in the stone age. They dont wanna study, work, develop or do anything useful. All they do is killing and sitting in mosques from morning till evening (+attending nights clubs to chill outs). What a cool religion!
AD, the media are painting a very pro-Muslim picture of the situation in Myanmar, making Muslims the victims. I have posted many stories on this subject and always try to show exactly what Muslims are doing there that has made the Buddhists so angry that they want to get rid of them. Sadly, the media rarely ever do.
Screw the muslims, they brought it on themselves, did they think they could keep getting away with their barbaric acts, if u ask me we should all be taking a leaf out of the Buddhists book an ddo the exact same thing, me personally I would seriously love the burn a mosque to the ground, with or without muzzies in it, preferably with.
Ironically enough Buddhists are the most likely people to retaliate quickly against muslims. They recognise with clarity just how intolerant of others muslims are and that they must be stopped a.s.a.p.
Tit for tat, yes, this is exactly how we need to deal with Islam. In this case take that scum out and burn him beyond reckognition in public.
There’s no limiting these people to two kids, I bet they’ve been breeding just as profusely in the refugee camps.
It’s rather like looking into a crystal all this, this is just the sort of violence and mayhem the Muslims will cause in the west, if our governments don’t take a good look at Burma and wise up.
I would have expected a little better from Aung San Suu Kyi, but the US govt.? (Obama gang) —-right in there on the side of the muslims.
Surely even the Democrats are getting a little uneasy over the Obama gang? (Well, hopefully Holder might be)
I would say Buddha is getting a little pissed at the child molesting, woman hating bunch of islamic fucks in that neighborhood.
Muslims bring violence, hatred and death wherever they go. Go Buddhists!
It is a Terrible thing indeed ! I have seen actual Muslim beheadings too. That “Muslim” was NOT properly charged and should be charged with Attempted MURDER, Assault with intent to do great bodily injury, Felony assault, etc…The Chinese torture of a “Thousand Cuts” is probably not enough for this Muslim !!! But a Good start!!! Then if he survives, he can go to Court and be tried and found Guilty and then dissected and fed to the animals while he is still alive.
Buddha might have said to be compassionate, but what about the Buddhist woman who was violated and scared for the rest of her life?
I say to allow the Muslim to suffer the PAIN and SUFFERING his victim felt and then put him to death to be compassionate.
I hear Muslims Mosques are having bonfire sales and everybody needs to take all their trash and pork for special Mosque BBQ’s ALL over the country. Don’t forget to bring your own lighter fluid, etc….Use safety, and do not get burned.
Happy BBQ’ing !!!(P.S. “Tit for Tat” is exactly what the Muslims understand. If YOU allow this to happen, then they figure Allah allowed it to happen. No matter what, anything negative is always in their favor if they can LIE about it. (Taquia Law) Sharia too. FECK THEM ALL!!!! Have a nice day ! 🙂
I have very happy memories of my stay in Myanmar. Inspite of hardships people were very civil and polite. Not easily upset. We know now that once the Muslim reaches a certain demographic the torment and torture begins. I wish the Buddhist people of Myanmar well and hope they survive and thrive.
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It sure is a BEAUTIFUL THING to see mosques BURNT TO THE GROUND!
I wonder how long before that begins in the West on a large scale?
The last I heard, Muslims are burning churches to the ground in Islamic countries, right.
According to game theory, the ONLY process that works long-term is TIT-FOR-TAT.
Sit tells you something when peaceful Buddhists get angry enough to burn mosques! They are smart enough to know that Muslims are bad news! Kill all of those devils, and then come help us get rid of the rest of the parasites.
If the most peaceful, passive and tolerant people on earth are indiscriminately targeted by Muslims and those gentle people understand they must violently eradicate Islam in order to secure their own continued existence and safety and freedom, how much more should we understand such a thing; how much more energized and exhaustive should our response to the threat of Islam be?
Bullseye.
“The man was charged with causing grievous injuries and arson.”
Uhh? More like attempted murder?
“the latest region to fall prey to the country’s spreading religious violence.”
It’s not “religious” violence, it’s fucking Muslim violence. Everywhere they go, the chaos fucking follows.
Europe, Africa, Asia … it’s them.
What place on Earth has the most slaves, real slaves, in 2013?
The Sahel, look it up.
Our dear leader imam obama has warned the prez of Myanmar to reel in the unruly Buddhists and start protecting the murderous savages of satan. Only muslims do such horrific things. Every single one of them is a sadist.
A Muslim site said that the Buddhists were the ones attacking them, I almost choked on my lunch. Honestly? Let’s be fair, Islam has a long history of conquering and war and you know – nastiness.
The Buddhists? Well, I could only find 4 tiny “wars” in their entire history.
Sure, it’s the Buddhists… known for their conquering and Bihad and all that. Hah.
It’s sad man, when fucking Buddhists need soldiers to protect them to take up morning alms (I’m not joking, armed soldiers!).
Tommy, the only thing muslims are talented at is lying. But the world is starting to wake up to them which is why there is little to no sympathy for the Burmese Muslims.
From what I understand they are not “Burmese” muslimes, they are Bangladeshi muslime scum who are squatting in Myanmar.
Def, mostly you are correct. And the Bangladeshi don’t want them either and when they try to go back there on boats, they are turned around or sunk.
yes your right, god bless the buddists, it brought joy to my heart watching them hunt down that scum
It’s the only way to win this war with them. Fight their violence with more aggressive violence. This is the only language they understand.
They prey on the weak and vulnerable, always attacking from behind. Face to face, they run like the cowards they are.
“I haven’t seen so much racial violence”…??? I will borrow your words, BNI……”what race is islam”?
May the Buddhists run the rohinga muzzie scum from their land.
Amen. It’s the only way the Buddhists in Myanmar will ever have any semblance of peace. Hopefully they’ll kill or deport all the scuzzlums in Myanmar and, after all, that’s exactly what the scuzzlums of Bangladesh are doing to their Hindu, Christian, Sikh and Buddhist population.
“A mosque, a Muslim school and other buildings were burned in the two days of rioting. Many Muslims stayed locked inside their homes and shops remained shuttered . . .”
Wow! This is a man bites dog story. How strange it sounds to hear that the bad guys are frightened and on the run.
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Thein Sein’s administration has been heavily criticized for not doing enough to protect Muslims.”
But how will Muslims be able to build up their forces to exterminate all non-Muslims if they aren’t protected?
Too bad Buddhists are not, in general, meat-eaters….
Could have had a weiner roast or a hog roast on the fires of the Mohammedan buildings…
sickening people. the muslims in myanmar should exert control over the lawlessness of the young men who think it’s okay to rape non-muslim women.or face deportation
The Buddhists of Myanmar are fed up, and acting accordingly. Good for them!!!
Well, surprise surprise! muslims don’t like it when someone has the guts to do what they are doing in Western countries!