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Southeast Asia
More than 100 killed during fresh communal violence in Myanmar
2012-10-27
A government front man in MyanmarÂ’s western state of Rakhine says the corpse count in recent communal violence is now more than 100.

Rakhine state front man Win Myaing said Friday that 112 people had been killed in festivities that began Sunday between members of the Buddhist Rakhine and the Moslem Rohingya communities. He said 72 people were reported injured, including 10 children

The latest outbreak of violence, which prompted MyanmarÂ’s main Islamic organizations to cancel celebrations for the four-day Eidul Azha holiday that begins Friday, has drawn a swift and concerned response from the international community.

US State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland on Thursday said Washington “urges parties to exercise restraint and immediately halt all attacks”, while the United Nations
...When talk is your weapon it's hard to make yourself heard over the artillery...
expressed grave concern over the violence.

Myanmar’s 800,000 Rohingya are seen as undocumented Democrats from neighbouring Bangladesh by the government and many Burmese, who call them “Bengalis”.

The bloodshed in Rakhine has cast a shadow over widely-praised reforms by President Thein Sein, including the release of hundreds of political prisoners and the election of opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to parliament.
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