RPG
RPG event in Siem Reap province, Varin District area, Cambodia on Wed 12th August 2020
12th August 2020
CMAC removes grenades used as makeshift stove Local authorities, in cooperation with officials from the Cambodian Mine Action Center, yesterday retrieved eight B40 rocket-propelled grenades at the residence of one of the local families in Siem Reap province. The operation took place after authorities witnessed a family using the unexploded ordnances as a makeshift stove. The discovery was made in Varin district’s Sre Nouy commune. District police officer Hong Poheng said: “The family uncovered the eight UXOs while cutting down some wood in the forest.” Assuming that the items found were ordinary metal, Poheng said, they used three of the UXOs to prop a makeshift stove. “Fortunately, the munitions didn’t explode and injure the families as well as the other villagers,” he added. The UXOs have since been retrieved by CMAC for safe disposal.
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Cambodia (KHM)
Siem Reap province ( Varin District area )
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