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muriel_volestrangler

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1. Burma's Rakhine clashes kill five as Thein Sein visits

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Wed Oct 2, 2013, 01:26 PM

Oct 2013

At least five Muslims were killed by Buddhist mobs in the Burmese state of Rakhine on Tuesday, police say.

The bodies of four men were found near the town of Thandwe. Earlier a 94-year-old woman was confirmed killed.

Reports say terrified Muslims are hiding in fear of their lives. The renewed violence comes as President Thein Sein visits Rakhine.
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More than 700 Buddhist rioters, some armed with swords, attacked the village, setting buildings alight, the Associated Press reported. Families fled for their lives.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-24371623

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