YANGON: A rampaging mob set fire to a mosque and homes in a central Myanmar town, a police official said yesterday, the latest outbreak of violence in communal unrest that has left at least 40 people dead.
A week after Buddhist-Muslim clashes erupted, a mosque was torched in Nattalin town, 150km (90 miles) north of the commercial hub of Yangon, police said.
A Nattalin resident said police were overwhelmed as a mob arrived in the town, setting fire to the mosque before leaving.
“About 200 villagers came to the town last night. But the police could not control the mob... they destroyed the mosque and some houses. Then they left,” the resident said on condition of anonymity.
AFP
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