YANGON: Fifty people have been killed and scores wounded in communal clashes in western Myanmar, state media said Saturday, raising the toll from riots that have displaced more than 30,000 people.
According to state mouthpiece the New Light of Myanmar, 50 people have died, with 54 injured between May 28 and June 14.
The report did not say whether the updated toll includes 10 Muslims beaten to death on June 3 by a Buddhist mob in apparent revenge for the rape and murder of a woman, which sparked the violence.