Rioters in Burma have burnt Muslim-owned houses and shops in an outbreak of apparent sectarian violence in the country.
Riots broke out around the central town of Kanbalu, after police refused to hand over a Muslim man accused of raping a Buddhist woman.
According to the BBC, it is the latest in a series of attacks on the Muslim community that police have failed to control.
At least 43 people, most of them Muslims, died in the violence that erupted after an argument at a Muslim-owned shop.
The violence sparked clashes in at least three other towns and left more than 12,000 Muslims displaced.
The clashes in Meiktila were the worst, where nearly 200 people were killed and tens of thousands forced from their homes, the report added.
