At least 24 people, including children, were killed and more than 50 others were injured as Myanmar’s military carried out a paraglider strike on a village, according to a member of a resistance group, locals and media reports.

The attack was carried out on Monday night by a motorised paraglider. Also Read | Tremors felt in Assam, Manipur after 4.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Myanmar

It was the latest instance of Myanmar's military using paramotors as part of its widening range of aerial weaponry, including aircraft and drones, deployed in an expanding civil war.

What exactly happened?

The attack at Sagaing's Chaung-U township took place just before 8 pm local time on Monday as local residents gathered in a field, the eyewitness and a spokesman for a local anti-junta armed resi

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