Overview

• Witnesses and monitors say motorised paragliders dropped explosives on crowds in Chaung-U, Sagaing, during the Thadingyut festival on the night of October 6.
• Reports describe two strikes around 8pm and 11pm during a candlelight vigil that also featured anti-junta protests.
• Casualty estimates vary, with accounts ranging from more than 20 to about 40 killed and dozens to around 80 wounded, figures that remain unconfirmed.
• The UN human rights office has warned these paramotor runs typically drop 120mm mortar rounds, an indiscriminate weapon in populated areas.
• Amnesty International urged ASEAN to increase pressure and called for UN Security Council referral of Myanmar’s situation to the International Criminal Court.