In Myanmar, at least 24 people were killed and 47 wounded when an army motorised paraglider dropped two bombs on the crowd protesting against Myanmar’s military government. 

 

 

The military attacked on Monday evening in Chaung U township in central Myanmar in the Sagaing region, where about 100 people had gathered in a field after sunset to observe a Buddhist festival of lights with a candlelit event.

 

 

Since 2021, thousands have died and millions have been displaced, when the army seized power, triggering a civil war with armed resistance groups and ethnic militias. Myanmar is scheduled to hold general elections in December, the first vote since the 2021 coup.