Vandals spray racist graffiti over temple of a former Muslim sect in Myanmar’s Naypyitaw state

Vandals spray racist graffiti over temple of a former Muslim sect in Myanmar’s Naypyitaw state.

Some 3,000-5,000 people have now fled from the capital Yangon.

At least 2,800 have안마 been wounded by Buddhist-linked attacks on shops and mosques.

In Nha Trang, a township north of Yangon, about 퍼스트카지노300 ethnic minority Rohingya룰렛 fled their homes and fled the neighbouring Bangladesh city of Dhaka for refugee camps run by the United Nations.

The UN said more than 900 had managed to cross into Myanmar.

The government in Rakhine has said it is working with foreign aid organisations in the region to rebuild the city of Sittwe, where the insurgents attacked in August.

Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Bangladesh’s Rakhine province: Rohingya attacked at police checkpoint, killed

In Bangladesh, thousands of people have been killed since the violence broke out last year, with the worst-hit regions such as Sylhet, Dhaka and Naga towns all being hit by more than 250 attacks in the past six months.

Police and military officials have described the violence as driven by a political vendetta against the Rohingya.

Bureaucratic efforts are under way to find peaceable solutions in areas held by the Myanmar military, Bangladesh’s top foreign office envoy Haji Mufti has told the BBC.

‘A tragedy waiting to happen’

Image copyright AP Image caption The BBC’s Rania Batrawy in Sittwe, where the conflict has claimed the lives of at least 16 people

Image copyright AP Image caption Many Rohingyas live in makeshift camp – and many fled to other parts of Bangladesh

The UN says at least 100,000 Rohingya were displaced by the unrest in the past six months. Some 6 million others are living in Myanmar.

In Sittwe, Rohingya women and children are walking on the streets, carrying their possessions in bags, some of them wearing rucksacks.

“We have not been able to find our places and we are still on the move,” a girl told us.

Another woman, wearing a burqa and carrying a large baby, told our programme of her arrival at the refugee camp.

Image copyright Reuters Image caption Rohingya villages of the Sittwe area have seen a number of attacks since August

Image copyright Reuters Image caption A female doctor with a baby at the refugee camp

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