Buddhist Muslim Clashes

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  Highlights: Emergency Declared In Sri Lanka, Troops Deployed In Kandy

  Sri Lanka today declared nation-wide emergency for 10 days following clashes between the majority Buddhists and members of the minority Muslim community. The latest unrest began on Sunday in Sri Lanka's central district of Kandy, after the funeral of a Buddhist truck driver, who died days after he was involved in an altercation with four Muslims, a...

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  Sri Lanka Declares Emergency For 10 Days Amid Buddhist-Muslim Clashes

  Sri Lanka has declared a state of emergency for 10 days to rein in the spread of communal violence, a government spokesman said on Tuesday, a day after Buddhists and Muslims clashed in the Indian Ocean island's central district of Kandy.

• Two Dead in Buddhist-Muslim Unrest in Myanmar: Police

  Two people have been killed during Buddhist-Muslim violence in Myanmar's second-largest city of Mandalay, police said on Thursday.

• Myanmar Police Fire Shots to End Sectarian Riot in Mandalay

  Myanmar police fired shots on Wednesday to disperse crowds of Buddhists and Muslims facing off in the streets of Mandalay, the country's second-largest city, police sources and a witness said.

• Sri Lanka Police Arrests 49 Over Religious Riots

  Sri Lanka's police arrested 49 people overnight over deadly anti-Muslim riots in a tourist region where Buddhist hardliners have set shops and homes ablaze, a senior officer said on Wednesday.

• Three Sri Lanka Muslims Killed in Clash with Buddhists

  A government minister says at least three Muslims were killed after a right-wing Buddhist group with alleged state backing clashed with Muslims in southwestern Sri Lanka.

• Muslims and Buddhists clash in northern Myanmar

  Muslims and Buddhists clashed in Myanmar's northern city of Lashio on Tuesday, witnesses said, as a wave of sectarian violence reached a mountainous region near China's border.

• Myanmar Buddhist, Muslim refugees clash in Indonesia, eight dead

  Muslim and Buddhist refugees from Myanmar clashed at a refugee camp in Indonesia on Friday in a riot in which eight people were killed and 15 were wounded, media reported.

• Muslims vanish as Buddhist attacks approach Myanmar's biggest city

  The Muslims of Sit Kwin were always a small group who numbered no more than 100 of the village's 2,000 people. But as sectarian violence led by Buddhist mobs spreads across central Myanmar, they and many other Muslims are disappearing.

• Myanmar army patrols central city after violence

  Myanmar's army took control of a ruined central city on Saturday that was placed under martial law after several days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims killed dozens of people and left scores of buildings in flames in the worst sectarian bloodshed to hit the Southeast Asian nation this year.

• Muslim-Buddhist clashes spread in western Myanmar

  Skirmishes between Muslims and Buddhists in western Myanmar have spread to two new districts where authorities are struggling to douse flames from burning homes, the government said on Wednesday.

• Muslim, Buddhist mob violence threatens new Myanmar image

  Northwest Myanmar was tense on Monday after sectarian violence engulfed its largest city at the weekend, with Reuters witnessing rival mobs of Muslims and Buddhists torching houses and police firing into the air to disperse crowds.