The most serious communal violence took place in October 2012 in the Rakhine state of western Myanmar, where Rohingya Muslims have been living in refugee camps near the city of Sittwe. 
Vurugu kubwa zaidi ni zile zilizotokea mwezi Oktoba 2012 katika jimba la Rakhine magharibi mwa Myanmar, ambako wa-Islamu wa Rohingya Muslims wamekuwa wakiishi kwenye makambi ya wakimbizi karibu na jiji la Sittwe.