Overview

• Explosives were dropped from motorized paragliders onto a Thadingyut candlelight vigil in Chaung-U township, Sagaing Region, on Monday night.
• Reports from witnesses, local resistance groups and Amnesty International attribute the strike to the military, with the junta not acknowledging responsibility.
• Casualty estimates vary widely, with at least 20 deaths confirmed by multiple sources and several reports citing around 40 killed and many more wounded, including children.
• The gathering was a peaceful vigil and protest calling for the release of political prisoners, opposition to conscription, and rejection of elections planned for later this year.
• Witnesses reported two attack waves around 8 p.m. and 11 p.m., a pattern consistent with documented paramotor raids that the UN says often involve indiscriminate 120mm mortar-type munitions.