Myanmar's military carried out a paraglider strike on a village that killed at least 24 people, including children, and wounded more than 50 others, according to multiple witnesses.

The Monday night attack was carried out by a motorised paraglider and targeted a village in the central Sagaing region.

The village was in the midst of celebrations of a Buddhist festival and a rally calling for the release of political prisoners held by Myanmar's military government, the reports said.

Myanmar is in a civil war that began after the army seized power in February 2021 from the elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.

More than 100 people from Bon To and nearby villages had gathered at the village's primary school compound Monday evening for an oil lamp lighting ceremony to mark the end of Budd

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