Police in western Myanmar fired warning shots after a Buddhist mob tried to block humanitarian aid headed to an area where ethnic Rohingya Muslims were driven from their homes.<br/><br/>Police officer of Sittwe, Phyo Wai Kyaw, said around 300 men started throwing rocks and Molotov cocktails at officers protecting a truck delivering supplies from the International Committee of the Red Cross to a jetty in the Rakhine state capital, Sittwe.<br/><br/>The bottled water, blankets, mosquito nets, food and other supplies were being delivered by boat to northern Rakhine. The exodus followed a military crackdown in response to coordinated attacks by Rohingya militants on security forces. <br/><br/>More than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims cross into Bangladesh, with tales of their villages were being burned and saying were facing persecution at the hands of the military.