Even as an uneasy calm prevailed in Meiktila , the city at the heart of the unrest , police reported fresh arson attacks on Muslim properties in other areas , showing the challenges Myanmar authorities face in reining in communal tensions in this nascent democracy . Authorities have imposed a state of emergency in Myanmar . Communal violence there has left thousands dead and thousands displaced . Arson attacks on Muslims properties took place in other towns over Last year . the weekend , ethnic unrest in western Myanmar killed scores of people .
Authorities have imposed a state of emergency in Myanmar . Communal violence there has left thousands dead and thousands displaced . Arson attacks on Muslims properties took place in other towns over Last year . the weekend , ethnic unrest in western Myanmar killed scores of people .