Earthquake death tolls passes 2,000 in Myanmar

The ruins of Sky Villa Condo that collapsed in Friday’s earthquake in Mandalay, Myanmar (Thein Zaw/AP)

The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000, state media said.

It comes as rescuers and an activist group said several hundred Muslims died while praying at mosques during Ramadan and 200 Buddhist monks were crushed by a collapsing monastery.