Myanmar Police Break Up Buddhist Mob

Police in Myanmar's second largest city, Mandalay, used rubber bullets Wednesday to disperse a Buddhist mob that was attacking a Muslim-owned tea shop. A police statement said five people were injured in the breakup of the riot, the latest instance of Buddhist-Muslim violence in Myanmar, also known as Burma. Witnesses say hundreds of Buddhists armed with knives and rocks attacked the shop after rumors spread that its Muslim owner raped a Buddhist woman. The mob pillaged...

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