Tensions rise in Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims clash

1. A Rakhine man holds homemade weapons as he walks in front of houses that were burnt during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe

2. A Rakhine man holds homemade weapons as he stands in front of a house that was burnt during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities

3. Rakhine people get water from a fire engine to extinguish their burning homes

4. A Buddhist monk stands in the debris of burned houses still smouldering in Sittwe

5. Bangladesh border guards push back Rohingya Muslims fleeing religious violence in Burma, as they try to cross the Naf river into Bangladesh

6. Rohingya Muslims fleeing sectarian violence cry as they are turned back and prevented from entering Bangladesh

7. A Rohingya Muslim man, wounded by a bullet, recuperates at the Chittagong Medical College Hospital in Bangladesh following his detention while trying to cross the Naf river

8. Police arrive during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe

9. A Buddhist monk looks from the window behind a policeman during fighting between Buddhist Rakhine and Muslim Rohingya communities in Sittwe

10. A Rakhine woman carries her belongings and a sharpened bamboo stick for protection in Sittwe

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3 Responses to “Tensions rise in Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims clash”
  1. I see these people are Asian and the others are like from India there is a difference. As I see in different on line media news . as this one I am letting others know of the other side of the coin looks atimesblogs.latimes.com/world_now/2012/06/bangladesh-rebuffs-pleas-to-admit-people-fleeing-myanmar-violence.html

    We are all human no matter where we all come from. religions are some thing that should be
    understood . I feel rape should of been justified and solve between to mature parties not to cause violence on one another to make the problems. more worse ” to have the innocent people suffer of some ones crime. That could of been solved .

  2. K MO HAN says:

    be peace

  3. I am sad to see the action of the massacre, murder, rape, and violation of human rights in Myanmar. Rohingya victims of prolonged violence, in the absence of serious attention and action from the UN. Let us save them soon!

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