Myanmar: Indonesia

Indonesia Dept: The deadly melee broke out in North Sumatra province, where more than 100 Rohingya migrants most intercepted off Indonesia's coast in rickety boats and 11 illegal fishermen from Myanmar were being held together, said local police chief Endro Kiswanto, according to Calgary Herald. Insults were quickly traded, and the cleric was allegedly stabbed by a fisherman, said Yusuf Umardani, detention centre chief. When the cleric screamed, his friends jumped in to help. From there, a burst of fighting broke out so quickly, security guards were too late to stop it and BELAWAN, Indonesia - In a testament to just how deep tensions are running, Buddhist fishermen and Muslim asylum seekers who fled Myanmar hoping for a better life brawled with rocks and knives Friday at an immigration detention centre in Indonesia, leaving eight dead and another 15 injured, police said. He said witnesses told police the clash started after a Muslim Rohingya cleric and a Buddhist fisherman got into a heated debate about sectarian violence that erupted in their homeland last month, when mobs of armed Buddhists torched Muslim-owned homes and shops in central Myanmar, killing dozens and forcing thousands to flee. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.