Authorities in Myanmar declared a curfew in the country's second largest city on Thursday, Mandalay, reports the BBC, after Buddhists and Muslims clashed for the second night.
The curfew bans gatherings of more than five people from 9pm till 5am.
Clashes began on Tuesday evening when Buddhist mobs damaged Muslim shops and a mosque, before reports circulated that a Buddhist woman had been raped by Muslim men.
Two people, a Buddhist and a Muslim, have so far been killed, Reuters reported on Thursday. According to police, five people were injured on Tuesday night.
A tea shop owner and his brother have been detained at a police station in Naypitaw, charged with rape.
The country's president, Thein Sein, called on "all to avoid instigation and behaviour that incite hatred among our fellow citizens", in a speech printed in state media on Thursday, describing Myanmar as a "multi-racial and religious nation".
The curfew bans gatherings of more than five people from 9pm till 5am.
Clashes began on Tuesday evening when Buddhist mobs damaged Muslim shops and a mosque, before reports circulated that a Buddhist woman had been raped by Muslim men.
Two people, a Buddhist and a Muslim, have so far been killed, Reuters reported on Thursday. According to police, five people were injured on Tuesday night.
A tea shop owner and his brother have been detained at a police station in Naypitaw, charged with rape.
The country's president, Thein Sein, called on "all to avoid instigation and behaviour that incite hatred among our fellow citizens", in a speech printed in state media on Thursday, describing Myanmar as a "multi-racial and religious nation".