US EditionCambodia: Thousands of war-era explosives found buried at high school
- Thousands of unexploded ordnance, including over 1,000 M79 grenades, have been unearthed inside a school in Cambodia's northeast, decades after the country's civil war and US bombing campaign.
- The explosives were found during land clearance for a garden expansion at the high school in Kratie province, which was a former military station during the war.
- Cambodia remains one of the most heavily bombed and mined countries in the world, with ongoing clearance efforts to eliminate all mines and unexploded ordnance by 2025.
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Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried at Cambodian school
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia -- Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country's nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed.
Thousands of unexploded ordnance pieces found beneath Cambodian school grounds
Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country’s nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed. The ordnance was found at the school in the northeastern province of Kratie after deminers were invited to search for buried landmines on the campus before a new building was constructed, Chheang Heng, the provincial deputy chief for education. More than 1,000 stude…
Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) -- Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country's nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed.
Thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance found buried in ground at Cambodian school
Cambodian authorities have temporarily closed a high school where thousands of pieces of unexploded ordnance from the country’s nearly three decades of civil war have been unearthed. The ordnance was found at the school in the northeastern province of Kratie after deminers were invited to search for buried landmines on the campus before a new building was constructed, Chheang Heng, the provincial deputy chief for education. More than 1,000 stude…
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