According to the head of the country’s demining agency, two separate blasts of unexploded ordnance (UXO) killed five people and injured two others. The first event hit a family that went to the forest to collect resin in the province of Mondulkiri: a grenade exploded from a handheld B-41 rocket launcher killing four people and wounding two others.
Later, another man was killed in the town of Sihanoukville by the explosion of a 105-mm artillery shell. No further details of the incident could be provided at this time.
Cambodia: Five people killed by UXO explosions
Type of event:
UXO - Unexploded ordnance
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April 22, 2024