Lashio Anti-Muslims Riots’ Second Day

(Translation of news article direct from the Myanmar Express Blog on 30 May 2013.)





Armed-Burmese-Buddhists on motorbikes patrolling Lashio.

At about 1:30 pm on 29 May 2013 more than 40 Muslim men armed
with two swords each came out of Ward-7 the Muslim quarters in Lashio and marched
towards the Seit-ta-thu-kha Buddhist Monastery.

The Muslim men were all stout and good fighting age as if