Overview

• A motorised paraglider dropped two bombs on a Thadingyut candlelight vigil that doubled as an anti-junta protest in Chaung U township on Monday evening.
• Reported tolls vary, with BBC Burmese citing at least 24 dead and 47 injured via the exiled National Unity Government, while local organisers told AFP about 40 dead and around 80 wounded.
• Witnesses described children among the dead and said funerals were held the next day as residents struggled to identify bodies and continued collecting remains.
• A People’s Defence Force representative said they received warnings of a possible airstrike and tried to end the gathering, but the paramotors arrived earlier than expected and the attack lasted about seven minutes.
• Amnesty International denounced the strike as part of a disturbing pattern of airborne attacks, as reports note the military’s increased reliance on paramotors under sanctions restricting conventional aircraft.