YANGON: Police have arrested 44 people in connection with deadly anti-Muslim violence in western Myanmar, state media said on Sunday, after the latest violence erupted during a presidential tour of the strife-torn region.
Days of tensions in the town of Thandwe in restive Rakhine State turned into bloodshed on Tuesday, with a mob of hundreds descending on one outlying village torching homes and attacking local Muslims.
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