2 Cambodian experts were killed as they attempted to remove an anti-tank mine from a rice field
- Two Cambodian deminers were killed while removing an anti-tank mine in Oddar Meanchey Province on Thursday, according to authorities.
- The Cambodian Mines Action Center reported that Pov Nepin and Ouen Channara died at the scene after the mine exploded.
- Since the end of fighting in 1998, nearly 20,000 people have been killed and about 45,000 injured by leftover war explosives.
- The International Campaign to Ban Landmines reported that casualties from unexploded ordnance dropped from 858 in 2000 to 32 in 2023.
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2 Cambodian experts were killed as they attempted to remove an anti-tank mine from a rice field
Cambodian authorities say two deminers were killed as they attempted to remove an anti-tank mine left over from the country’s nearly three decades of war and disorder.


Two Cambodian deminers killed by anti-tank mine
Two Cambodian deminers were killed while trying to remove a decades-old anti-tank mine from a rice field that was once a battlefield between government forces and Khmer Rouge soldiers, officials said. The two deminers were killed Thursday by “an old brutal hidden killer” while clearing mines in northwestern Oddar Meanchey province, the government’s Cambodian Mine Action Centre (CMAC) said in a statement. “This is the loss of professional experts…
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