Overview

• Witnesses and Amnesty International report motorised paragliders dropped explosives on a Thadingyut candlelight vigil in Chaung-U, Sagaing, on the night of October 6.
• Accounts describe two strikes, the first around 8 p.m. and a second near 11 p.m., hitting a crowd gathered for a religious festival and anti-junta protest.
• Reported death tolls range from about 20 to as many as 40 with 47 to roughly 80 injured, figures that remain unconfirmed by the junta or a consolidated official source.
• The UN human rights office has warned that such paramotor runs typically involve 120mm mortar rounds, an indiscriminate weapon in populated areas.
• Amnesty International calls for stronger action by ASEAN and for the UN Security Council to refer Myanmar to the International Criminal Court, citing repeated civilian-targeted attacks.