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Report on the Burning of Rohingyas’ Shops in Northern Maung Daw

MYARF Report  |  Written by M.S. Anwar October 30, 2013 rvisiontv.com Maung Daw, Arakan:   A t around 12:15AM on 30 th  October 2013,  some unknown people torched  the market of Bawli Bazaar (Kyein Chaung), northern Maung Daw. More than four hundred shops belonged to Muslim Rohingyas were set ablaze. A local of Kyein Chaung reported the whole account of the blaze of the shops as follow. “At around 12:15AM, the fire started from the roof of an electronic accessories shop at the north-eastern corner of the bawli bazaar market located nearby Kyein-Chaung monastery and Rakhine neighborhoods. More than four hundred shops belonged to Muslim Rohingyas were set ablaze, whereas more than eighty shops turned into ashes. Rohingya shop-owners (at the market) lost more than Kyat 1,500 millions worth of goods and other stuffs as the consequence of the blaze.” “The fire started from the roof, not from within the electronic shop. Some Rakhines had earlier been spotted nearby the shop.