A military strike during a festival event in Myanmar killed 40 people, including children, AFP reported.

The military dropped bombs on Monday evening when hundreds of people gathered in central Myanmar’s Chaung U township for the Thadingyut full moon festival.

AFP quoted a woman, who requested anonymity for security reasons, as saying people were gathering for the festival and an anti-junta demonstration at around 7 pm when the bombs killed more than 40 people and wounded about 80 others.

“The committee alerted people and one-third of the crowd managed to flee. But immediately, one motor-powered paraglider flew right over the crowd. Children were completely torn apart," she said.

“As of this morning, we were still collecting body parts from the ground — pieces of flesh, limbs, parts of

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