11/05/2022 Cambogia, Phnom Penh
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law enforcement agency for assistance”
Half a century on, war-left US aerial bombs are still posing threats to Cambodian people’s daily lives, an academic said. On Thursday, a Cambodian Mine Action Center (CMAC)’s bomb expert team safely removed an unexploded US made AN-M66 aerial bomb, weighing 900kg and containing roughly 450kg of explosives, from the Chaktomuk riverbed near the Sokha Phnom Penh Hotel opposite the Royal Palace here in the capital. In April alone, CMAC had found at least five unexploded US Mark 82 aerial bombs in Kandal, Svay Rieng, Takeo, and Prey Veng provinces. Joseph Matthews, a senior professor at the Beltei International University in Phnom Penh, said Cambodia is still suffering from the United States’ unexploded ordnance and landmines, which are the legacy of the US-Vietnam war 50 years ago. “Every day, somewhere in Cambodia, poor people are becoming the victims of these unexploded ordnance and landmines,” he said. Many people have lost their lives and a substantial number of people have been maimed by these unexploded ordnance and landmines. “Most of the victims are farmers, labourers and children accidentally stepping on these landmines in fields, forests and abandoned buildings,” he added. — Xinhua
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