A ceremony to mark the end of Buddhist Lent, was interupted in a village by a paraglider bombing. Photo: EPA PHOTO

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.

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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 r

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