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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 ...

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 i...

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.

Burma Times September 30, 2013 BurmaTimes – Ibrahim Shah- Around twelve o’clock at midday on 29th September, a motorcycle owned by one Buddhist youth Maung Naing Oo was placed in front of a shop owned by the Chairman of Kaman Muslim party in Thandwe. The Buddhist youths started to argue harshly when the shopkeeper  requested  them to remove and place the vehicle some ahead from the shop since the vehicle closed the entrance of the shop. On the double, the Buddhist  youth  diffused the entire town that the Kaman Muslim Party Chairman insulted Buddhism. The main reason of diffusion of such aggressive news is because the extremists of RNDP and the 969 Campaign have been seeking chances to attack the Kaman Muslims since long time. While about 200 extremists are attempting to assault surrounded the house of U Kyaw Zan Hla, the police came and the mob was segregated and arrested him. Amid the investigation in custody, more than 80 extremists surrounded t...

KPN News September 30, 2013 Maungdaw, Arakan State:  Hluntin from Kyikanpin Headquarters harassed the villagers without finding any fault or crimes or against any activity against the government. Their only crime is, they are Muslims, said a local political leader preferring not to be named. “On September 21, Hluntin sergeant U Zaw Naing accompanied by three other Hluntins went to Maung Nama south village of Maungdaw north  without uniforms and guns in the morning. At that time, one villager named Mohamed Zuhar ,23; son of Habi Ullah was washing some betel leaves nearby a stream. He is a shopkeeper.” The group of Hluntin approached him, arrested him and severely tortured on the road in front of the villagers without any provoking them. Afterwards, he was brought to the Hluntn headquarters by their motor cycle. However, on the way to headquarters, he ran away from the Hluntin. So, the sergeant asked the Maung Nama village tract second Admin (Village watcher) ...

Reuters September 29, 2013   YANGON: Terrified Muslims hid in their homes in northwest Myanmar on Monday after armed police dispersed a Buddhist mob that torched houses and surrounded a mosque in the latest outbreak of sectarian tension. Clashes between majority Buddhists and Muslims have killed at least 237 people and left more than 150,000 homeless since June 2012. The violence threatens to undermine political and economic reforms launched in the two years since a quasi-civilian government replaced a military junta. The situation in the town of Thandwe was precarious after police restored order by firing shots in the air to break up the mob late on Sunday, said two security sources, who sought anonymity as they were not authorised to speak to the media. Thandwe, 260 kilometres from the capital Yangon, is in Rakhine state, the worst-hit region. As in several previous bouts of communal unrest, a minor disagreement triggered an outpouring of anger, a local Muslim ...