It was a Monday night in Myanmar's Chang U township in central Sagaing region, where nearly 100 people had gathered to mark Thadingyut, the festival of the full moon.
Some held candles at the event, which doubled as both a celebration and a protest against the military.
But the celebration soon turned into horror as a motorised paraglider - known locally as a paramotor - flew overhead and dropped bombs onto the crowd.
The attack lasted just seven minutes, but at least 26 people died as a result and dozens more were injured.
"Initially, I thought the lower part of my body had been severed," one 30-year-old who was at the gathering told news agency Reuters.
