Myanmar Buddhists threaten to kill all Muslims

MANDALAY: Hundreds of Buddhists threatened to kill Muslims as they rode on motorcycles through Myanmar's second-largest city of Mandalay Friday, raising the prospect of further communal violence after two people died in unrest earlier in the week.
Inter-religious violence has flared throughout the country over the past two years, threatening to undermine political reforms initiated by the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein, which took office in 2011 following 49 years of repressive military rule.
At least 240 people have been killed and more than 140,000 displaced since June 2012. Most of the victims have been members of Myanmar's Muslim minority, estimated to be about 5 per cent of the population, reports agency.
Around 300 Buddhists were riding around Mandalay Friday, many of them wielding knives, clubs and bamboo poles.
"We're going to kill all the Muslims," some shouted as they rode through the streets after attending the funeral of a Buddhist man stabbed to death Wednesday night.
A Muslim man was also killed, beaten to death early Thursday on his way to morning prayers.
Police said 19 people were hurt in the riots in the central Myanmar city of about a million people Tuesday and Wednesday nights.