The Myanmar military carried out a paramotor bombing raid in Magway Region on Sunday, killing multiple civilians, including two children.
Eyewitnesses report that paramotors—small, motorized paragliders—were used to drop explosives on a farming community, a tactic increasingly used by the junta in recent months.
According to sources on the ground, the attack, which took place in Sidoktaya Township, targeted a residential area near the village of Mohnyin. The attack took place at roughly 3am and went on for at least 10 minutes."They dropped a bomb first, then two or three more with two paramotors,” one local source said. “Five to ten homes were damaged. Three were completely destroyed. The bombs fell directly on the cluster of farm huts. Only farmers were there.”Sources say the community lives. . .
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