Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
A grenade exploded on top of the garbage dump in Stung Meanchey on Saturday, causing four injuries. Touch Naruth, the Phnom Penh police chief, said on Sunday that the explosion occurred at 9:30 PM at the [Stung Meanchey] garbage dump. The incident took place when four men were burning garbage to chase away the mosquitoes, the men unknowingly caused the explosion of a launch grenade used in an M-79 grenade launcher. Touch Naruth denies that this explosion is linked to any political issue because according to an interview with the victims, they said that they were burning trash to chase away the mosquitoes. Chan Sovet, the director of the investigation department of the Adhoc human rights group, indicated that it is not yet possible to deny that there no political link [to the explosion]. Chan Sovet told the Cambodia Daily that he visited the area on Monday to investigate the explosion which [coincidentally] occurred during the campaign for the commune election. He said that such explosion could be politically motivated to it could be due to disputes during the election campaign.
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