UEMS / Ammunition Depot

UEMS / Ammunition Depot event in Viet Nam on Wed 4th December 2024

4th December 2024

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Twelve Vietnamese solders were killed in an explosion while in training in southern Vietnam, state media reported late on Wednesday.

The explosion took place on Monday night at a military shooting range in Dong Nai province, the official Vietnam News Agency reported.

Most of the bodies of the victims have been found, while the authorities are searching for the missing, the report said.

An intial investigation showed that detonators being transported by the soldiers were struck by lightning, triggering the explosion, the report added.

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