Mohamed Farooq
May 28, 2013
A mosque and an Islamic
religious orphanage were blazed in Lashio, a town situated in Shan State of Burma on the night of 28 May 2013.
The Buddhist thug surrounded the compound of the mosque, the
largest one in Lashio, located in No.8 quarter at 8 pm tonight and they set
fire the building at around 8.10 pm.
Regarding the reliable
sources, fire brigade failed to extinguish. Fire service holders simply claimed
that they did not receive any further instruction to do so. The mob also set on
fire an Islamic religious orphanage. The orphanage provided shelter more than
200 helpless and poor students across the Lashio.
The event had been taken
place by a dispute between a man and a woman who had been set on fire. It was
spread out as the man is a Muslim. As per information from local residents, the
man is not a Muslim. The woman victim hospitalized at Lashio general hospital.
The authority imposed Section 144 there.
There are five Mosques and
an orphanage with about 1500 Muslim families' inhabitants.
For more information please
contact:
+95-092013659 Ko Maung Gyi
+95-0947300975 Haji Tin U
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