5 people injured, Mosque burned in central Myanmar rioting

At least five people were injured in a dispute between a Muslim gold shop owner and customers in central Myanmar that led to rioting in which several buildings including a mosque were burned. One man may have been killed during the dispute.President’s office director Maj. Zaw Htay said those hurt Wednesday in Meikhtila town included a Buddhist monk. A curfew was declared.Opposition parliament member for the area said a mosque had been burned, but the situation had been brought under control by nightfall Wednesday. He said he had seen a man’s body next to a charred motorcycle.Occasional isolated violence involving majority Buddhists and minority Muslims has occurred for decades. But its risks were underlined last year when clashes between ethnic Rakhine Buddhists and minority Rohingya Muslims left about 200 dead.