23/02/2022 Cambogia, Kampong Chhnang
“If you ever come across anything suspicious like this item, please do not pick it up, contact your local law enforcement agency for assistance”
CMAC deminers today removed an unexploded bomb, dropped by American warplanes during the civil war era, weighing more than 200 kilogrammes and which was buried underground for nearly 50 years in Kampong Chhnang province’s Kampong Tralach district. District police Deputy Chief Lieutenant Colonel Chuon Sitha told Khmer Times that at about 2pm yesterday, a construction worker, who was digging the area for a building project in Lonvek commune, found the bomb. Lt Col Sitha said that after discovering the bomb, the man alerted the district police who alerted the CMAC deminers for intervention. He said that at about 10am yesterday, the deminers went to inspect and remove the bomb from the place. Lt Col Sitha added that according to the CMAC personnel, the bomb was a MK82, weighing 230 kilogrammes and dropped by American aircraft during the Vietnam War in the 1970s.
Photo-Source: khmertimeskh.com
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