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In this Thursday, March. 21, 2013 photo, a group of people try to destroy a building in Meikhtila, Mandalay division (AP Photo) The charred bodies of Muslim who were burnt alive by terrorist Buddhist mob and monks called 969 campaign with the presence of police in Meiktilar city, Myanmar. The police and authorities were not stopping them to kill Muslim, to burn Muslim and their homes and to torch the Mosques in broad day light. Photo Credit - Maung Nyan The charred bodies of Muslim who were burnt alive by terrorist Buddhist mob and monks called 969 campaign with the presence of police in Meiktilar city, Myanmar. The police and authorities were not stopping them to kill Muslim, to burn Muslim and their homes and to torch the Mosques in broad day light. Photo  Credit - Maung Nyan A body is seen on a street in Meikhtila on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters / Soe Zeya Tun) Unidentified man photographs bodies burning in the wake of sectarian riots

Army trucks line up along a road in downtown Meikhtila on March 23. For more photos click on the box below. (Photo: Teza Hlaing / The Irrawaddy ) Irrawaddy News: March 23, 2013  MEIKHTILA — Smoldering debris and charred buildings littered the Muslim quarter of Meikhtila in central Burma on Saturday as the army was brought in to end days of violence. Relative calm returned to the town on Saturday after the army was brought in to patrol the streets following nearly three days of clashes between Buddhists and Muslims, which left an unconfirmed number of people dead. Security forces escorted about 6,000 Muslims to a stadium in the town where they were being held. The football stadium, located nearly two miles from the center of Meikhtila, has been turned into a makeshift camp, where the Muslims have made temporary shelters from tarpaulin and thatch. “I don’t even know how to express my fear when I learned about what happened to my fellow Muslims,” said Kyaw Zwa,

Special Adviser to the Secretary-General for Myanmar Vijay Nambiar. Photo: UNIC/Yangon UN News Centre 22 March 2013 – The United Nations special envoy for Myanmar has voiced deep sorrow at the tragic loss of lives and destruction in Meiktila township in Mandalay division, one of several areas that has been the scene of recent violence, and called on all segments of society to promote communal harmony. According to media reports, President Thein Sein has declared a state of emergency and imposed martial law in four central townships today after several days of unrest between Buddhists and Muslims. Vijay Nambiar, the Special Adviser of the UN Secretary-General, who reached Yangon yesterday, said that while firm action by the authorities was needed to prevent further loss of life or spread of violence, the most urgent priority was the continued fostering of communal harmony and preservation of peace and tranquility among the people. This was the responsibility of al

Urgent Action Needed to Save Muslims in Burma from Pre-Planned Violence  March 22, 2013 On 20th March 2013 at 10 am, a Buddhist couple from Meiktila Township entered a gold shop to try and sell some fake gold and started to threaten and abuse the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper, who tried to defend himself with a stick, suffered a head injury.  After half an hour, a crowd gathered and started stoning the shop and destroyed it. Two hours later, a big crowd came to the town and started destroying property, Muslims’ shops, mosques and houses were burnt down.  The death toll is 47, including 11 women, 28 madrassa students and 5 teachers. Security personnel are not protecting. One reliable source said the killing, burning and looting is still going on in Meiktila as well as other towns and villages. There are over a 1000 Muslims taking refuge in the football field with no food. Food cannot be sent to them because of “security”.  This was a pre-planned attack on m