Myanmar: MEDAN, Indonesia

Myanmar Dept: MEDAN, Indonesia - Buddhist and Muslim asylum seekers from Myanmar brawled with rocks and knifes at an immigration detention centre in Indonesia early Friday, leaving eight people dead and 15 injured, police said, according to Winnipeg Free Press. He said witnesses told police the clash started after a Muslim Rohingya confronted a Buddhist fisherman about sectarian violence in their homeland. Insults were traded, and people began fighting with rocks and knifes and Indonesian police officers carry the body of an illegal migrant from Myanmar upon arrival at a hospital in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia Friday, April 5, 2013. Police said a violent brawl between Buddhist and Muslim asylum seekers from Mynamar in an immigration detention center in Belawan of North Sumatra early Friday leaving eight dead and 15 injured. AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara The fight broke out at the centre 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. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.