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| Rival Burmese in fatal Indonesia brawl | Rival Burmese in fatal Indonesia brawl |
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| Communal violence between Burma's Buddhist and Muslim populations has blown up at an immigration detention centre in Indonesia, leaving eight people dead and another 15 injured, according to police. | Communal violence between Burma's Buddhist and Muslim populations has blown up at an immigration detention centre in Indonesia, leaving eight people dead and another 15 injured, according to police. |
| Deadly fighting broke out at the centre in North Sumatra province, where more than 100 Rohingya migrants, mostly intercepted off Indonesia's coast in boats, and 11 illegal fishermen from Burma were being held together, said local police chief Endro Kiswanto. | Deadly fighting broke out at the centre in North Sumatra province, where more than 100 Rohingya migrants, mostly intercepted off Indonesia's coast in boats, and 11 illegal fishermen from Burma were being held together, said local police chief Endro Kiswanto. |
| He said witnesses told police the clash started after a Muslim Rohingya confronted a Buddhist fisherman about sectarian violence in their homeland. Insults were traded and people began fighting with rocks and knives. | He said witnesses told police the clash started after a Muslim Rohingya confronted a Buddhist fisherman about sectarian violence in their homeland. Insults were traded and people began fighting with rocks and knives. |
| Eight Buddhists were killed and 15 Rohingya were injured. Three other Buddhists were unharmed, Kiswanto said. | Eight Buddhists were killed and 15 Rohingya were injured. Three other Buddhists were unharmed, Kiswanto said. |
| All of the victims were taken to a hospital in the provincial capital, Medan, about 14 miles (23km) south of Belawan. | All of the victims were taken to a hospital in the provincial capital, Medan, about 14 miles (23km) south of Belawan. |
| "We are still investigating the incident, including how they got knives," the police chief said. "We will expedite their repatriation." | "We are still investigating the incident, including how they got knives," the police chief said. "We will expedite their repatriation." |
| Sectarian violence erupted in central Burma in March when mobs of armed Buddhists torched Muslim-owned homes and shops. Dozens were killed and thousands, mostly Muslims, were forced to flee. | Sectarian violence erupted in central Burma in March when mobs of armed Buddhists torched Muslim-owned homes and shops. Dozens were killed and thousands, mostly Muslims, were forced to flee. |
| In 2012 hundreds of people were killed and more than 100,000 made homeless in violence in western Myanmar between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims. | In 2012 hundreds of people were killed and more than 100,000 made homeless in violence in western Myanmar between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims. |
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