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Unknown event in Quang Tri, Trung Son area, Viet Nam on Thu 3rd September 2009

3rd September 2009

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Ly Thong, 35-year-old resident of Trung Son Commune in Gio Linh District, was injured on Tuesday, Sept. 1 while working with two other local men on a dredging boat on the Ben Hai River. Mr. Thong was cooling the dredging machine's engine with water when a round of live ordnance exploded as it was being sucked through the tube that draws sand from the river bed.

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Quang Tri ( Trung Son area )

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