Mob torches mosque in fresh Myanmar unrest: police

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YANGON: A rampaging mob set fire to a mosque and homes in a central Myanmar town, a police official said Wednesday, the latest outbreak of violence in communal unrest that has left at least 40 people dead.
A week after Buddhist-Muslim clashes erupted, a mosque was torched in Nattalin town, 150 kilometres (90 miles) north of the country's commercial hub of Yangon, a police official who did not want to be named told.
A Nattalin resident said police were overwhelmed as a mob arrived in the town, setting fire to the mosque before leaving.
"About 200 villagers came to the town last night. But the police could not control the mob... they destroyed the mosque and some houses. Then they left," the resident told on condition of anonymity.
A dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed on three other towns, state media reported, as authorities tried to quell the violence, which flared last Wednesday in Meiktila, 130 kilometres north of capital Naypyidaw.
Since then rioting has crept closer to Yangon, prompting the United States to warn against travelling to parts of the country.
The clashes are a stark reminder of the challenge that Muslim-Buddhist tensions pose to Myanmar's government as it tries to reform the country after decades of iron-fisted military rule ended two years ago.
UN envoy Vijay Nambiar, who recently visited Meiktila, told reporters on Tuesday that Muslim homes had been targeted "brutal efficiency".
His comments chimed with the views of witnesses across the riot-hit area, who said the violence appeared to be organised.