43 houses, a mosque burned in fresh wave of violence in Myanmar: Officials

Dozens of houses and a mosque have been burned in a fresh wave of violence in central Myanmar after at least 32 people were killed in attacks by extremist Buddhists against Muslims in Meiktila town.

AFP quoted a ward official in Yamethin town, as saying on Sunday: “Altogether 43 houses and a mosque have been burned Saturday night… most of the houses belong to Muslims…This kind of case has never happened here.”
Officials say scores of people have been arrested.
Yemethin is located in the southeast of Meiktila where thousands of Muslim residents fled their homes following several days of deadly unrest.
Clashes erupted late on Wednesday after extremist Buddhists set fire to several mosques in the city.
Parts of Meiktila, situated some 130 kilometers (80 miles) north of the capital city of Naypyidaw, have been reduced to ashes as a result of arson attacks. The armed attackers– among them monks– brunt dozens of houses.
The unrest comes amid heightened tensions between the two sides which have left at least 180 people dead and more than a 100,000 Muslims displaced since June 2012.