US EditionDozens Killed in Myanmar After Armed Paraglider Attack: Reports
The Myanmar military killed over 20 civilians during a peaceful vigil using motorized paragliders amid a crackdown linked to the 2021 coup, Amnesty International reported.
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At least 20 people were killed in an attack by the military junta in Myanmar during a festival.
Rights groups decry Myanmar civilian deaths in ‘paramotor’ attack
Amnesty International called for urgent protection of civilians in central Myanmar after a nighttime attack that reportedly killed more than 20 people, including children, after motorized paragliders dropped explosives on a crowd during the Thadingyut (Festival of Lights). Witnesses in Chaung-U Township said the first blasts struck around 8 PM as residents held a candlelight vigil to protest captive detainees, oppose conscription, and denounce t…
Myanmar: ‘Deadly attack’ on festival highlights paramotor threat to civilians
Responding to reports of an aerial attack by the Myanmar military that is said to have killed upwards of 20 civilians, including children, when multiple bombs were dropped from motorized paragliders, Amnesty International’s Myanmar Researcher Joe Freeman said: “The sickening reports emerging from the ground in central Myanmar following a nighttime attack late on Monday […]
Yangon, October 7: The military carried out an airstrike on a place between Monywa and Chaung-U Townships during the Thadingyut festival and candlelight vigil, killing more than 20 people and injuring more than 40, Chaung-U Sayadaw told Yangon Times. Yesterday, October 6, at around 7 p.m. on the full moon night of Thadingyut, a military helicopter from the Northwestern Military District dropped bombs on a place between Monywa and Chaung-U Townsh…
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