(Translation of news articles from various Burmese blogs on 21 May
2013.)
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| A burnt-down mosque in Lashio of Northern Shan State. |
Lashio the
capital of Northern Shan State has been under dusk-to-dawn curfew (Act-144)
since 8 pm last night (28 May 2013) after violent anti-Muslim race riots broke
out there.
The riots
were triggered by a fiery attack on Aye Aye Win (24), a petrol retailer
(Shan-Buddhist) on Thein-ni Street of 8
th Ward in Lashio, by Ne Win
(48) a Muslim (Kalar) traveller from
Kengton’s 2
nd ward. Apparently at about 4:15 pm on May 28 a heated argument
broke out between petrol seller Buddhist woman and the Muslim man.
Muslim man
then tried to pour petrol over Buddhist woman and set fire but the Buddhist woman
managed to run away from him and into nearby Yadana-tintain Street. But the Muslim
man still chased her and caught her there and poured petrol all over her body
and burned her alive.
The local Buddhists then caught the Muslim man, bashed him
up, and later surrendered him into the hands of policemen who took him to the nearby
Lashio No-1 Police Station. At about 5 pm nearly 200 local Buddhists led by about
ten Buddhist monks surrounded the police station and asked for the Muslim man so
that he could be lynched. Police refused and immediately transferred the Muslim
man to safer and more secure Lashio Prison.
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| The Burner Muslim man caught by the onlookers. |
