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A decades-old rocket-propelled grenade kills 2 toddlers who found it in the Cambodian countryside

A rocket-propelled grenade, over 25 years old, exploded in Cambodia, killing two 2-year-old cousins.
The explosion occurred while their parents were working on a nearby farm, and the children stumbled upon the unexploded weapon.
Cambodia's countryside is estimated to contain 4-6 million land mines and unexploded munitions remaining from past conflicts.
Heng Ratana stated that old munitions are particularly dangerous as they degrade and become volatile.

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South China Morning Post

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2 Cambodian toddlers, aged 2, die after buried grenade explodes

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Two toddlers killed in old grenade blast in Cambodia

PHNOM PENH: A rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old, when it blew up on Saturday (Feb 22) near their homes in rural northwestern Cambodia, officials said. The accident happened in Siem Reap province’s Svay Leu district, where

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A decades-old rocket-propelled grenade kills 2 toddlers who found it in the Cambodian countryside

A rocket-propelled grenade believed to be more than 25 years old killed two cousins, a girl and a boy both 2 years old, when it blew up Saturday near their

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Macau Business

Two Cambodian toddlers killed in old grenade blast

Two Cambodian toddlers died when a rocket-propelled grenade believed buried since the country’s civil war blew up near their homes, an official said Sunday. The explosion happened on Saturday in a remote village in northwestern Siem Reap province that was once a battle site for Cambodian government soldiers and Khmer Rouge fighters in the 1980s and 1990s. The children who died were cousins — a boy and a girl who were both two years old. “Accordi…

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Mediafax

Two little girls killed by decades-old grenade in Cambodia

A 25-year-old grenade killed two little girls on Saturday after exploding near their homes in a village in Cambodia, authorities said, quoted by The Guardian.

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