Bangladesh Muslim’s Attack Buddhist Temples




Bangladesh Muslim #39;s Attack Buddhist Temples Houses
Published on Sep 30, 2012 Cox #39;s Bazaar, Sept 30 (bdnews24.com) mdash;A mob torched and vandalised a village of Buddhists in Cox #39;s Bazaar #39;s Ramu Upazila early on Sunday in one of the worst religious attacks in Bangladesh apparently triggered by a Facebook posting allegedly defaming the Quran. Eyewitnesses and police said the assailants set fire to at least six Buddhist temples and nearly 20 homes and looted and damaged more than a hundred others until 3am in the hate attack. Cox #39;s Bazaar district #39;s Superintendent of Police Selim Mohammed Jahangir acknowledged the violence in the Buddhist-dominated locality. He said around 3am situation in the Ramu district headquarters was under control but in areas on the fringe, tension was palpable. "Police patrols have been strengthened in the Buddhist-majority areas," SP Jahangir added. Paramilitary BGB personnel have been called out to restore order in the affected areas, Suresh Barua, teacher at a local school, said. Several houses and Mithhachharhi Bonbihar, some five kilometres from Ramu Sadar Upazila, were set on fire around 3:30am, said General Secretary of Ramu Upazila Juba League Nitish Barua. A 100-foot high under-construction Buddha sculpture was also ravaged in Bimukti Bidarshan Babna Centre in the locality, he added. Gias Uddin Ziku, Office Secretary of Cox #39;s Bazaar district unit of Jatiyatabadi Chhatra Dal and Chairman of Jhilangja Union, said he dispersed Jamaat-e-Islami activists who had gathered around localities of ethnic ...From:sunondhonViews:0 0ratingsTime:35:19More inMusic

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