Cluster Bomb / Submunition

Cluster Bomb / Submunition event in Quang Tri, Viet Nam on Wed 8th May 2013

8th May 2013

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Arriving at the plantation the team found hundreds of items of unexploded ordnance (UXO), mainly cluster bombs which are known by the Vietnamese as bombies, all stacked in one spot and cordoned off by handmade wood railings. It is likely that when acacia tree farmers found these weapons they chose to leave them in a pile and mark them with the railings and a temporary warning sign.

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Quang Tri

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