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Deaths From Myanmar Unrest Hit 88 as 26,000 Muslims Flee
[Tolo News] Sectarian bloodshed has left at least 88 people dead in Myanmar this month, the authorities said Monday, with more than 26,000 others forced to flee a wave of rioting and arson.

Hundreds more homes were burned down over the weekend as security forces struggled to quell festivities between Buddhists and Mohammedans in western Rakhine state that have seen whole neighbourhoods razed.

Four more deaths were reported, although they were believed to be from earlier festivities.

"Altogether 49 men and 39 women have been killed," a government official told AFP, bringing the total corpse count since June to about 180. Rights groups fear the actual number of people killed could be much higher.

"About 300 houses were burnt down in Pauktaw town on Sunday but there were no casualties in that incident," said the official, who did not want to be named.

Posted by: Fred 2012-10-30
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