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Women and Children Killed and Urgent Action Needed to Stop Attacks against Muslims in Thandwe  October 1, 2013 A systematic new attack against Muslims of Thandwe in Arakan State began on Saturday. During last few hours the Burmese Rohingya Organisation UK (BROUK) has received reports that many houses were burnt down in Dabru Shine village and Pauktaw village of Thandwe Township in Arakan State. According to our reliable source, some women and children were killed by Rakhine extremist groups.  The Rakhine groups have targeted another 3 Muslim villages and are approaching those villages currently. Government security forces are not taking action instead encouraging those who are participating in attacks against Muslims in those villages.The Muslims in Thandwe are not safe and have become helpless in their own country.  BROUK President Tun Khin said, “It has been four days since attacks against Muslims in Thandwe began and the government is still not taking any act

Report by Sindhi Khan | Written by M.S. Anwar RvisionTV.com Maung Daw, Arakan- October 1, 2013 President Thein Sein travelled to Arakan state on Tuesday morning but his trip to Sandoway was postponed because of continued violence in the streets. (PHOTO: Ye Htut FB) President of Myanmar Pseudo Civilian Government, U Thein Sein, was on his visit to Arakan yesterday. He arrived in Maung Daw by helicopter around 2PM on 1st October 2013. Earlier, he had visited Sittwe, Pauktaw and other townships. As soon as he arrived in Maung Daw, he looked around the downtown of Maung Daw. Accompanying him were Immigration Minister U Khin Yi, Deputy Defense Minister U Soe Win and President’s Office Minister U Soe Thein. Then, he held a meeting with Maung Daw Township Authority, selected village administrators in Maung Daw township, Rakhine Community Representatives and Rohingya Community Representatives at the office of Maung Daw district administration. In the meeting hall, there

By   Al Jazeera October 1, 2013 One woman killed and about 70 houses set on fire in trouble near coastal town of Thandwe, according to police. President Sein plans to visit camps for internally displaced persons during his two-day visit to Rakhine state [EPA] Hundreds of Buddhists have rioted in western Myanmar, killing a 94-year-old Muslim woman and setting more than 70 homes ablaze, police say.  Kyaw Naing, a police officer, told the AP news agency that the clashes broke out on Tuesday in Thabyachaing village, about 20km north of the coastal town of Thandwe in Rakhine state.  He says the 94-year-old woman died of stab wounds and between 70 and 80 houses were set on fire. Muslim residents said others were injured in the riot, but could not provide details.  Myanmar's president, Thein Sein, has travelled to the western state of Rakhine on Tuesday in his first visit since sectarian violence broke out more than a year ago.  He arrived in the state capital

President of Burma Thein Sein has begun his first visit to Rakhine state since sectarian violence broke out there Associated Press October 1, 2013 Burma 's president has begun his first visit to western Rakhine state since sectarian violence broke out there more than a year ago. President   Thein Sein 's three-day trip comes amid reports today of a new spate of arson attacks around the city of Thandwe, where dozens of homes have been torched or damaged since the weekend. Burma , a predominantly Buddhist nation, has been grappling with Buddhist-Muslim violence that has killed hundreds of people and sent 140,000 more fleeing since June 2012, the majority of them Muslims. A senior official in the president's office said Thein Sein arrived today in the Rakhine state capital of Sittwe and would also travel to the inland town of Mrauk-U.