Oakkan, Myanmar (News and Us)-violence related religions in Myanmar claimed the middle one people, officials said Wednesday while the action of anti-Muslim approach to Yangon, the country's commercial city.
A Muslim were among those arrested after the authorities said he crashed into a young monk in the street on Tuesday, which sparked riots in the small town of Oakkan, about 100 kilometers north of Yangon, reports AFP.
Myanmar experienced a wave of violent tension on last March. It was the monks and Buddhists attacked the Muslim areas in the violence, which spread to the major cities of the country.
As many as two mosques and over 80 houses in the four villages around Oakkan damaged or destroyed in the most recent attacks, according to a government official who ask where is not mentioned.
"A 29-year-old man died of his injuries and nine others were also injured in the violence yesterday," he told AFP, adding the situation has been restored.
He said the 18 people detained over their involvement in the violence and Win Win Sein, the woman who hit the monk were also secured though the source did not give a reason for his arrest.
The villagers who feel fear from two groups that trust says police are not there to protect them when a crowd attacked a local mosque on Tuesday night in the village of Noodle pieces of Laung S.a.khan, near Oakkan.
"About 200 to 300 people arrived in our village with the motorcycle and destroying it. All the residents fled. Our fears and not against. They destroyed until satisfied, "said Soe Myint, 48 years old, a Muslim told AFP.
The mosque was severely damaged and about 10 houses were burned, according to an AFP reporter on the scene.
"Even we were threatened to be killed. We also fear. We need security immediately, "said Than Soe, Buddhists, told AFP.
The presence of security forces with full gear looked on Wednesday morning at Oakkan where as many as 30 stores in the market were destroyed and a mosque was damaged again. (M016)
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