Seven ethnic Rakhine killed as Myanmar police open fire at riot: Official

About 655,000 Rohingya have escaped to Bangladesh since August 2017 after the Myanmar army began a campaign of rape and murder in Rakhine state. (AFP)

YANGON: Myanmar police opened fire on a mob of ethnic Rakhine Buddhists as they tried to seize a government office late Tuesday, killing seven and injuring 13 more, police told AFP.
“Seven people were killed and 13 injured during last night’s violence in Mrauk U,” police spokesman Col. Myo Soe told AFP after rioting broke out at a rally attended by some 5,000 Rakhine Buddhists in the febrile state.