Yusuf Umardani Dept: The melee broke out in North Sumatra province, where more than 100 Rohingya migrants most intercepted off Indonesia's coast after fleeing their homeland in rickety boats and 11 Buddhists accused of illegal fishing were being housed together, said local police chief Endro Kiswanto, according to Montreal Gazette. The argument apparently started after the Rohingya migrants saw photos showing destruction caused by the recent violence, said Yusuf Umardani, detention centre chief. Insults were traded, and the cleric was allegedly attacked by a fisherman. When the cleric screamed, his friends jumped in to help. From there, the rumble broke out so quickly, security guards were too late to stop it and BELAWAN, Indonesia - Sectarian and ethnic tensions running high in Myanmar boiled over far outside the country's borders Friday, when Buddhist fishermen and Muslim asylum seekers from the country brawled with knives and rocks at an Indonesian immigration detention centre, leaving eight dead and another 15 injured. He said witnesses told police the clash started early Friday after a Rohingya Muslim cleric and a fisherman got into a heated debate about sectarian violence that erupted last month in central Myanmar when mobs of armed Buddhists torched Muslim-owned homes and shops, killing dozens and forcing thousands to flee.
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