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PHNOM PENH -- Three Cambodian deminers were killed in a blast as they were handling an unexploded shell left over from decades of civil war, an official said Sunday.
The accident occurred in the western province of Kampong Speu on Saturday when explosive powder in the ordnance was accidentally sparked, Heng Rattana, director general of the Cambodian Mine Action Centre, told AFP.
He said the trio tried to run away “but could not escape before the explosion.” Because of bad weather, the men had been trying to store the shell so that it could be destroyed the following day, Heng Rattana said.
Nearly three decades of civil war and a secret U.S. bombing campaign during the Vietnam War have left impoverished Cambodia one of the world's most heavily mined countries.
3 comments:
MAY THEY REST IN PEACE THE REAL HEROES OF CAMBODIA!
THESE TREE GUYS ARE HELPING CAMBODIA MORE THAN ANY BULLSHIT EDUCATED MAN!AND THE STUPID POLITICIANS!
Who and what countries were created WAR in Cambodia?
The war began with the Vietcong and
South Vietnam.The North Vietnam govt
was created war in Southeast Asia:
in Lao(Lao communist),in Cambodia
(Khmer Vietminh).
The Red Vietnam trained Lao and Khmer
fighters to work for it.
Sihanouk allowed Vietcong to use Ho
Chi Minh trail inside Khmer soil against South Vietnam under USA control.
The Vietnam govt and Sihanouk killed Khmer people and three lovely people.
Sihanouk never admitted that he is wrongdoing.
Cambodians must wipe out monarchy
and Hun Sen dictator.
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