Anti-Muslim violence continued to spread in Burma over the weekend after days of clashes left dozens of people dead. President Thein Sein dispatched the army to quash violence in the central city of Meikhtila, where at least 32 people were killed and roughly 10,000 — most from the country’s Muslim minority — were displaced by armed Buddhists. Mobs continued to destroy mosques and burn homes in at least three other towns. The United Nations’ top envoy to Burma toured Meikhtila on Sunday.

Vijay Nambiar: “From what I can see is that they are obviously feeling very insecure because their houses have been destroyed. Mosques — they say all the mosques have been destroyed in this locality. But they are being provided with food and healthcare, and they don’t have any complaints about the basic necessities. They are, of course, worried. And I have tried to stress to them that this should be seen as criminal action, and it should not be converted into a major communal problem and that the communities must learn to live together.”