The army of Myanmar bombed a crowd on Monday that had gathered for the Buddhist Day of Light and to protest against the junta, killing more than 40 people, including children, a member of the Organizing Committee and an eyewitness.

Amnesty International, referring to this attack in a statement, speaks of 17-20 dead.

Thousands of people had gathered Monday night in the Chaung U, in central Myanmar, for this great celebration that marks the end of Buddhist fasting.

The army bombed the demonstration, a member of the neighboring Community Community, which organized the festival, said. This woman, who asked not to be named for security reasons, said the crowd had gathered for the celebration but also to protest against the junta. The bombing began around 7pm, killing 40 people and injuring another 80.

“The committee sounded an alarm and about one -third of the concentrated managed to leave,” he added. “People were holding candles and, the next time, they were fallen to the ground, destroyed. Young children were cut off, “the woman described, who was not on the spot but attended the victims’ funerals today.

A witness, a resident of Chant, confirmed the report. As he said, people tried to run when they realized that an aircraft was flying over them and threw two bombs. The witness said he today was nine his friends.

The same report is cited by a local media.

Amnesty International has commented that the attack “should be the alarm signal that shows that citizens in Myanmar are urgently needed protection”.

“The international community may have forgotten the war in Myanmar, but the army benefits from a reduction in attention to commit war crimes, without any punishment,” said Joe Freeman, a researcher at Amnesty International, in a statement.