New Delhi, Oct. 8 -- 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.

According to reports, the military targeted a village in the country's central Sagaing region that was celebrating a Buddhist festival that included a rally calling for the release of political prisoners held by Myanmar's military government.

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....