A paraglider dropped bombs on a celebration in Myanmar, killing at least forty people.
According to a member of the committee that organized the Thadingyut full moon celebration, hundreds of people were gathered in the Chaung U township on Monday night when the military rained bombs on the crowd.
According to the woman, who asked to remain anonymous for security reasons, the explosions killed about 40 people and injured approximately 80 more at around 7:00 p.m. while people were assembling for the festival and an anti-junta protest.
“The committee alerted people and one-third of the crowd managed to flee,” she told AFP. “But immediately, one motor-powered paraglider flew right over the crowd”, dropping two bombs on the centre of the gathering.
