PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/Asia News Network): Six students at Rattanak Mondul Secondary School in Battambang province were electrocuted and knocked unconscious on the afternoon of June 27 when three lightning strikes hit a tree growing in the schoolyard about 20m away from their classroom.
A man was instantly killed and another seriously injured in an unexploded ordnance (UXO) explosion at Phnom Sar Mountain in Reaksmey Sangha commune of Battambang province’s Ratanak Mondul district, local police said.
A man was instantly killed and another seriously injured in an unexploded ordnance (UXO) explosion at Phnom Sar Mountain in Reaksmey Sangha commune of Battambang province’s Ratanak Mondul district, local police said.
The UXO units consisted of 36 72A landmines, three B40 bullets and 500 K57 bullets. SUPPLIED
PHNOM PENH (The Phnom Penh Post/ANN): More than 500 units of unexploded ordnance (UXO) were discovered by a resident in the riverbank of Stung Sangke River in Phlov Meas commune’s Phlov Meas village in Battambang province’s Ratanak Mondol district.
District police chief Sorn Nil told The Post on June 9 that after being alerted to the UXO units, he ordered commune police to guard the munitions and request the Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) in the province to defuse and remove them from the riverbank.
More than 500 units of unexploded ordnance (UXO) were discovered by a resident in the riverbank of Stung Sangke River in Phlov Meas commune’s Phlov Meas village in Battambang province’s Ratanak Mondol district.